Chen, TT; Yen, DC. 2010. CociteSeer: a system to visualize large cocitation networks. ELECTRONIC LIBRARY 28 (4): 477-491

[Eugene Garfield]

Chen, TT; Yen, DC. 2010. CociteSeer: a system to visualize large cocitation 
networks. ELECTRONIC LIBRARY 28 (4): 477-491..

Author Full Name(s): Chen, Tsung Teng; Yen, David C.
Language: English
Document Type: Article

Author Keywords: Referencing; Information management; Software tools
KeyWords Plus: INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; GRAPH 
VISUALIZATION; AUTHOR COCITATION; SCIENCE

Abstract: Purpose - The paper's aim is to document the development of a novel 
tool to address the inadequacies of existing cocitation visualization tools.
Design/methodology/approach - The paper demonstrates the visualized effects 
of this tool and supplements the results with a case study that utilizes a large 
data set to explore the cross-field studies among different computer science 
fields.
Findings - The tool displays cocitation graphs with latent visual cues and allows 
direct manipulation of the visualized graphs. The tool also facilitates the 
exploration of the relationships between articles in the graphs.
Research limitations/implications - The indirect cocitation relationships are 
vividly visualized by the citation network itself. The context lost by the 
conventional cocitation network may be preserved. Instead of being linked by 
explicit lines, the implicit cocitation relationships are shown by the closeness 
among the cocited nodes.
Practical implications - The preserved context of a cocitation network may 
facilitate the exploration of latent cross-field studies. The cocitation 
visualization tool demonstrates that the context of the cocitation graph is 
preserved by using the citation network itself to reveal cocitation relationships.
Originality/value - The cocitation relationships are implied by the closeness 
among cocited nodes in a citation graph. The paper documents this novel 
approach which has not been seen before.

Addresses: [Chen, Tsung Teng] Natl Taipei Univ, Grad Inst Informat 
Management, Taipei, Taiwan; [Yen, David C.] Miami Univ, Dept DSC & MIS, 
Oxford, OH 45056 USA

Reprint Address: Chen, TT, Natl Taipei Univ, Grad Inst Informat Management, 
Taipei, Taiwan.

E-mail Address: misttc at mail.ntpu.edu.tw
ISSN: 0264-0473
DOI: 10.1108/02640471011033602
URL (not open access): 
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mcb/263/2010/00000028/00000004/a
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