Process / pipelineReview / evidence synthesis
Time-sliced Citation Analysis
Time-sliced citation analysis partitions a body of literature into sequential temporal windows — for example, five-year intervals — and performs citation analysis within and across each window. This reveals how citation patterns, influential papers, and knowledge flows shift over time, providing a dynamic picture of a field's intellectual evolution rather than a static aggregate snapshot.
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Sources
- Garfield, E. (1955). Citation indexes for science: A new dimension in documentation through association of ideas. Science, 122(3159), 108–111. DOI: 10.1126/science.122.3159.108 ↗
- Price, D. J. de S. (1965). Networks of scientific papers. Science, 149(3683), 510–515. DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3683.510 ↗