A new approach to institutional domain analysis: Multilevel research fronts structure

Miguel, Sandra Edith and Moya-Anegón, Félix and Herrero-Solana, Víctor A new approach to institutional domain analysis: Multilevel research fronts structure. Scientometrics, 2008, vol. 74, n. 3, pp. 331-344. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

The intellectual structure and main research fronts of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum of the National University of La Plata, Argentina is studied, based on the cocitation analysis of subject categories, journals and authors of their scientific publications collected in the Science Citation Index, CD-ROM version, for the period 1991–2000. The objective of this study is to test the utility of those techniques to explore and to visualize the intellectual structure and research fronts of multidisciplinary institutional domains. Special emphasis is laid on the identification of multilevel structures, by means of arrangements of subject categories cocitation analysis and journal cocitation analysis.

Spanish abstract

La estructura intelectual de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de la Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina, es identificada, a partir de la aplicación de técnicas bibliométricas de análisis de cocitación de categorías temáticas, revistas y autores. Se muestran mapas que visualizan los diferentes frentes de investigación y la base intelectual subyacente. Especial énfasis se hace en la estructura multinivel de la metodología de análisis propuesta.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Bibliometric, Cocitation analysis, Intellectual structure, Research front, Bibliometría, Análisis de cocitación, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user: Sandra Miguel
Date deposited: 01 Sep 2011
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:20
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/16070

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