The evolution of a citation network topology:
The development of the journal Scientometrics
(2006) The evolution of a citation network topology:
The development of the journal Scientometrics
. In Proceedings International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting, Nancy (France).
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Abstract
By mapping the electronic database containing all papers in Scientometrics for a 26-year period (1978-2004), we uncover the topological measures that characterize the network at a given moment, as well as the time evolution of these quantities. The citation network of the journal displays the characteristic features of a “small-world” network of local dense clusters of highly specialized literature. These clusters, however, are efficiently connected into a large single component by a small number of “hub” papers that allow short-distance connection among increasingly large numbers of papers. The patterns of evolution of the network toward this “small-world” are also explored.
| Keywords: | Citation network; Structure evolution; Scientometrics |
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| Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information. |
| ID Code: | 6305 |
| Deposited By: | Morrison, Heather G |
| Deposited On: | 23 May 2006 |
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