Lin, TY; Wang, YC; Tsai, CL. 2010. TRENDING AND MAPPING THE INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR STUDIES: A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY JOURNAL. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY 38 (9): 1229-1242

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Lin, TY; Wang, YC; Tsai, CL. 2010. TRENDING AND MAPPING THE INTELLECTUAL 
STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR STUDIES: A STUDY OF THE SOCIAL 
BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY JOURNAL. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY 
38 (9): 1229-1242.

Author Full Name(s): Lin, Tsai-Yuan; Wang, Yi-Chou; Tsai, Chung-Lin
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: network of knowledge; invisible network of knowledge; social 
behavior; citation; cocitation
KeyWords Plus: CITATION; MAP

Abstract: Our aim in this research was to map the intellectual structure of 
social behavior studies in the past 27 years, by comparing works from two 
specific periods 1982-1995 and 1996-2008. A model of an invisible network of 
knowledge was used in this study to identify the most important studies, the 
most influential scholars, and the correlations among these publications. The 
results of this research help in perceiving the network that records the 
academic movement of social behavior, and will facilitate access for 
researchers to the literature in this field.

Addresses: [Lin, Tsai-Yuan; Wang, Yi-Chou] Chang Jung Christian Univ, Grad 
Sch Business & Operat Management, Tainan 704, Taiwan; [Lin, Tsai-Yuan] 
Hsing Kuo Univ, Dept Business Adm, Tainan, Taiwan; [Tsai, Chung-Lin] Natl 
Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Business Adm, Tainan 70101, Taiwan

Reprint Address: Wang, YC, Chang Jung Christian Univ, Grad Sch Business & 
Operat Management, 17,Alley 26,Line 442,Kai Yuan Rd, Tainan 704, Taiwan.

E-mail Address: yichou at hotmail.com
ISSN: 0301-2212
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2010.38.9.1229