本研究旨在分析2001至2018年共18年來金屬增材製造相關研究的演變,包括介紹其內容、重要議題與研究趨勢,以Web of Science資料庫(WOS)所收錄的相關文章1248篇為基礎,進行書目計量分析。本研究採用HistCite和VOSviewer軟體為研究工具,針對WOS歷年論文發表量及引用量、重要作者、論文發佈地區、關鍵詞、重要論文及論文間互引和為國際引用情況等。同時以量化研究提供文獻可視化的分析,找出研究熱點和學術前沿。研究結果提出兩軟體可互相搭配運用,使分析結果更佳,設定閾值和取高頻分析可解決金屬增材製造同義異詞所造困境的問題。
The purpose of this study aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis for mapping the dynamic development and potential trend of metal addictive manufacturing (3-D printing) research from 2001 to 2018 based on 1248 relevant articles retrieved from Web of Science (WOS) database. Both HistCite and VOS viewer, the visualized softwares, were used to find out yearly output, geographic distribution, prolific authors, mostly cited keywords, and total local citation, and bibliometric networks. Similar terms created by paper authors are used interchangeably and would cause problems in the selected field. Results of this study suggest high frequency and threshold function in VOS viewer can ensure the terminology use of one field. In addition, the research front and hotspot topics can be presented through bibliometric network visualizations. The combination of VOS viewer and Histcite techniques will contribute to more accurate results.