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Co-Citation Analysis

Co-citation analysis is a method that identifies the intellectual structure of a research domain by examining how frequently pairs of documents are cited together in other publications. When two papers are frequently cited together in the literature, they are considered co-cited, indicating they are conceptually related or influential within the same research community. Developed by Henry Small in 1973, co-citation analysis maps the 'invisible colleges' of science—networks of researchers working on related problems—and reveals how knowledge domains evolve over time.

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  1. Small, H. (1973). Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 24(4), 265–269. DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630240406
  2. Small, H., & Griffiths, B. C. (1974). The structure of scientific literatures I: Identifying and graphing specialties. Science Studies, 4(1), 17–40. DOI: 10.1177/030631277400400102

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ScholarGateCo-Citation Analysis (Co-Citation Analysis). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/bibliometrics/co-citation-analysis