Author Co-citation Analysis Using Custom Bibliographic Databases
Author | : Sean B. Eom |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015059990807 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book introduces an alternative approach to conducting author co-citation analysis (ACA) without relying on commercial citation databases such as index ISI citation index, based on custom bibliographic database and co-citation matrix generation systems specifically developed to use the custom database. authors of cited references. The inability to access non-primary authors is a critical shortcoming of ACA research utilizing the commercial databases. provides explicit instructions to build bibliographic databases, process them to compile co-citation matrix, prepare SAS input files, and interpret the results. It provides a useful, instructional guideline to conduct research regardless of the bibliographic databases used - in-house databases or commercial citation databases.