Castro-Prieto, MR (Castro-Prieto, Maria Rosa) Intellectual affinities through social network analysis terminology META, 52 (4): 816-838 DEC 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: mcastro at ugr.es

Author(s): Castro-Prieto, MR (Castro-Prieto, Maria Rosa) 

Title: Intellectual affinities through social network analysis terminology 

Source: META, 52 (4): 816-838 DEC 2007 

Language: French 

Document Type: Article
 
Author Keywords: social network analysis; cocitation analysis; 
terminologyy; scientific production 

Keywords Plus: AUTHOR COCITATION ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; CITATION; RETRIEVAL; 
SPACES 

Abstract: When transmitting scientific knowledge, authors weave a web of 
intellectual affinities through the works they cite that portrays trends 
and developments in research in their discipline. In the present article, 
we aim to establish an intellectual panorama of Terminology-in which we 
depict the outstanding developments in research and the most influential 
authors. To do so, we analyze periodical publications that have appeared 
over a wide period of time. Author Citation Analysis (ACA) and the visual 
representation of the relationships between authors through social 
networks (specifically, pathfinder networks) is based on the premise that 
links are necessarily established between the authors cited in any 
specific work so that greater frequency of co-ocurrence indicates a 
stronger affinity between authors. Among other findings, our results show 
that the group of most frequently cited authors represents less than 1% of 
the total and that only 12% of authors have published three or more 
articles. Moreover, we can confirm that research in Terminology is 
developing in three clearly differentiated directions: theoretical 
foundations, Natural Language Processing and Socioterminology. 

Addresses: Univ Granada, Granada, Spain 

Reprint Address: Castro-Prieto, MR, Univ Granada, Granada, Spain. 

Cited Reference Count: 26 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: PRESSES UNIV MONTREAL 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 6128, SUCCURSALE A, MONTREAL, QUEBEC H3C 3J7, 
CANADA 

ISSN: 0026-0452 

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