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Journal Co-Citation Analysis

Journal co-citation analysis is a bibliometric method that maps the intellectual structure of a research field by analyzing how frequently pairs of journals are cited together in the same papers. Two journals are co-cited when papers cite both journals, indicating that the journals are perceived as intellectually related by the citing authors. This extension of paper-level co-citation analysis to the journal level reveals the topological structure of journal relationships, disciplinary boundaries, and the role of different journals within research communities.

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Journal Co-Citation Analysis
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / bibliometrics
  • White, H. D., & Griffith, B. C. (1981). Author co-citation: A literature measure of intellectual structure. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 32(3), 163–171. · DOI 10.1002/asi.4630320302
  • McCain, K. W. (1990). Mapping authors in intellectual space: A technical overview. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 41(6), 433–443. · DOI 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199009)41:6<433::AID-ASI11>3.0.CO;2-Q
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