Mapping the structure and development of Science using co-citation analysis

Surwase, G. and Kademani, B. S. and Bhanumurthy, K. Mapping the structure and development of Science using co-citation analysis., 2012 . In National Workshop on Using Different Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity, New Delhi (India), 16-17 February 2012. [Conference paper]

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Co-citation analysis is a unique method used for studying the cognitive structure of science andassessing the research productivity. It is a research tool for examining the intellectual development and structure of the scientific discipline. This paper illustrates principles, techniques and applications of co-citation analysis. It also introduces the newly emerging co-citation analysis softwares,especially SciVal Spotlight and CiteSpace. Co-citation analysis is based on grouping together the papers that are frequently cited in pairs. Combined with single-link clustering and multidimensional scaling techniques, co-citation analysis can literally map the structure of specialized research areas as well as science as a whole.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Co-citation analysis, co-citation matrix, co-citation network, bibliographic coupling, knowledge mapping, SciVal Spotlight, CiteSpace.
Subjects: I. Information treatment for information services
Depositing user: Anil Sagar
Date deposited: 13 Sep 2012
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:23
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/17528

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