Research Front Identification
Research front identification is a bibliometric method for detecting emerging or cutting-edge research areas within a larger research landscape. A 'research front' is a cluster of recently published, highly-cited papers that define the current active research direction in a field. Unlike established research communities (identifiable through co-citation networks and slow-changing patterns), research fronts are characterized by rapid growth, high citation velocity (papers accumulating citations quickly), and weak historical ties to established literature. Developed systematically by Chen and others in the 1990s–2000s, research front identification enables researchers, funders, and policy makers to track where scientific activity is concentrating and where breakthrough research is emerging.
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- Chen, C., & Paul, R. J. (1997). Visualizing a knowledge domain's intellectual structure. IEEE Computer, 30(3), 65–71. · URL
- Chen, C., Ciliberto, G., & Chen, Y. (2009). Detecting science hot topics by aggregating publication metadata. Journal of Informetrics, 3(2), 74–89. · URL
- Small, H., Boyack, K. W., & Klavans, R. (2005). Identifying emerging topics in science and technology. Research Policy, 43(8), 1232–1241. · DOI 10.1016/j.respol.2014.02.005
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