Jarneving, B (Jarneving, Bo) Bibliographic coupling and its application to research-front and other core documents JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 1 (4): 287-307 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: bo.jarneving at hb.se

Author(s): Jarneving, B (Jarneving, Bo) 

Title: Bibliographic coupling and its application to research-front and 
other core documents 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 1 (4): 287-307 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: bibliographic coupling; science mapping; cluster analysis 

Keywords Plus: SCIENTIFIC LITERATURES; SCIENCE; INFORMATION; COCITATION 

Abstract: Based on previous findings and theoretical considerations, it 
was suggested that bibliographic coupling could be combined with a cluster 
method to provide a method for science mapping, complementary to the 
prevailing co-citation cluster analytical method. The complete link 
cluster method was on theoretical grounds assumed to provide a suitable 
cluster method for this purpose. The objective of the study was to 
evaluate the proposed method's capability to identify coherent research 
themes. Applying a large multidisciplinary test bed comprising more than 
600,000 articles and 17 million references, the proposed method was tested 
in accordance with two lines of mapping. In the first line of mapping, all 
significant (strong) links connecting 'core documents' (strongly and 
frequently coupled documents) in clusters with any other core document was 
mapped. This resulted in a depiction of all significant artificially 
broken links between core documents in a cluster and core documents 
extrinsic to that cluster. The second line of mapping involved the 
application of links between clusters only. They were used to successively 
merge clusters on two subsequent levels of fusion, where the first 
generation of clusters were considered objects for a second clustering, 
and the second generation of clusters gave rise to a final cluster fusion. 
Changes of cluster composition on the three levels were evaluated with 
regard to several variables. Findings showed that the proposed method 
could provide with valid depictions of current research, though some 
severe restrictions would adhere to its application. (c) 2007 Elsevier 
Ltd. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: Swedish Sch Lib & Informat Sci, S-50190 Boras, Sweden 

Reprint Address: Jarneving, B, Swedish Sch Lib & Informat Sci, S-50190 
Boras, Sweden. 

E-mail Address: bo.jarneving at hb.se 

Cited Reference Count: 34 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

ISSN: 1751-1577 

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