Rousseau R, Zuccala A. "A classification of author co-citations: Definitions and search strategies(Article, English)" Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 55(6) p. 513-529, April 2004.

[Eugene Garfield]

Ronald Rousseau : ronald.rousseau at kh.khbo.be

TITLE:          A classification of author co-citations: Definitions and
                search strategies (Article, English)
AUTHOR:         Rousseau, R; Zuccala, A
SOURCE:         JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE
                AND TECHNOLOGY 55 (6). APR 2004. p.513-529 JOHN WILEY &
                SONS INC, HOBOKEN

SEARCH TERM(S):  INFORM PROCESS MANA*  rwork; J DOC*  rwork;
                 SCIENTOMETR*  rwork; AUTHOR*  item_title

KEYWORDS+:       INTELLECTUAL SPACE; CITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENCE;
                COMMUNICATION; PERFORMANCE; ISSUES

ABSTRACT:       The term author co-citation is defined and classified
according to four distinct forms: the pure first-author co-citation, the
pure author co-citation, the general author co-citation, and the special
co-author/co-citation. Each form can be used to obtain one count in an
author co-citation study, based on a binary counting rule, which either
recognizes the co-citedness of two authors in a given reference list (1)
or does not (0). Most studies using author co-citations have relied
solely on first-author co-citation counts as evidence of an author's
oeuvre or body of work contributed to a research field. In this article,
we argue that an author's contribution to a selected field of study
should not be limited, but should be based on his/her complete list of
publications, regardless of author ranking. We discuss the implications
associated with using each co-citation form and show where simple first-
author co-citations fit within our classification scheme. Examples are
given to substantiate each author co-citation form defined in our
classification, including a set of sample Dialog(TM) searches using
references extracted from the SciSearch database.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: R Rousseau, KHBO, Dept Ind Sci & Technol, B-8400 Oostende,
                Belgium