Mutalikdesai, MR; Srinivasa, S. 2010. Co-citations as citation endorsements and co-links as link endorsements. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE 36 (3): 383-400.

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Mutalikdesai, MR; Srinivasa, S. 2010. Co-citations as citation endorsements and 
co-links as link endorsements. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE 36 (3): 
383-400.

Author Full Name(s): Mutalikdesai, Mandar R.; Srinivasa, Srinath

Language: English
Document Type: Article

Abstract: Co-citations and co-links have long been used as measures of topical 
relatedness between documents in various datasets. However, there are some 
characteristic differences between co-citations in scientific literature and co-
links in hypertext due to the underlying difference in the motivations for 
creating citations and links. While citations are created for formal scholarly 
communication, links are created for a variety of formal as well as informal 
purposes. We elaborate on these differences, and propose interpretations of a 
co-citation as an endorsement of a citation, and a co-link as an endorsement 
of a link. Such an interpretation is useful for focused or topical surfers to follow 
citations and links that are pertinent to a topic of interest in scientific literature 
and the web respectively.

Addresses: [Mutalikdesai, Mandar R.; Srinivasa, Srinath] Int Inst Informat 
Technol, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Reprint Address: Mutalikdesai, MR, Int Inst Informat Technol, 26-C, Elect City 
560100, Bangalore, India.

E-mail Address: mandar at iiitb.ac.in

ISSN: 0165-5515
DOI: 10.1177/0165551510366078
URL: http://jis.sagepub.com/content/36/3/383.abstract