Jarneing, B (Jarneing, Bo) Complete graphs and bibliographic coupling: A test of the applicability of bibliographic coupling for the identification of cognitive cores on the field level JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 1 (4): 338-356 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

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

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

Title: Complete graphs and bibliographic coupling: A test of the 
applicability of bibliographic coupling for the identification of 
cognitive cores on the field level 

Source: JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS, 1 (4): 338-356 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: bibliographic coupling; science mapping; research fronts 

Keywords Plus: SCIENTIFIC LITERATURES; INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; COMBINED 
COCITATION; WORD ANALYSIS; SCIENCE 

Abstract: The method of bibliographic coupling in combination with the 
complete link cluster method was applied for mapping of the field of 
organic chemistry with the purpose of testing the applicability of a 
proposed mapping method on the field level. The method put forward aimed 
at the generation of cognitive cores of documents, so-
called 'bibliographic cliques' in the network of bibliographically coupled 
research articles. The defining feature of these cliques is that they can 
be considered complete graphs where each bibliographic coupling link ties 
an unordered pair of documents. In this way, it was presumed that coherent 
groups of documents in the research front would be found and that these 
groups would be intellectually coherent as well. Statistical analysis and 
subject specialist evaluations confirmed these presumptions. The study 
also elaborates on the choice of observation period and the application of 
thresholds in relation to the size of document populations. (c) 2007 
Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: Univ Coll Boras, Swedish Sch Library & Informat Sci, Boras, 
Sweden 

Reprint Address: Jarneing, B, Univ Coll Boras, Swedish Sch Library & 
Informat Sci, Boras, Sweden. 

Cited Reference Count: 40 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

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

ISSN: 1751-1577 

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