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1. Paradigms, Citations, and Maps of Science: A Personal History.

Author

Small, Henry

Abstract

Discusses mapping science and Kuhn's theories of paradigms and scientific development. Highlights include cocitation clustering; bibliometric definition of a paradigm; specialty dynamics; pathways through science; a new Web tool called Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for studying the structure of science; and microrevolutions. (Author/LRW)

Published
2003

2. A Passage through Science: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries.

Author

Small, Henry

Abstract

Presents a methodology for creating pathways through the scientific literature following strong cocitation links. A path is described starting in economics and ending in astrophysics, traversing 331 documents. Attention is given to where the path crosses disciplinary boundaries and how analogy can be used to model the thought processes involved in such transitions. Contains 31 references. (Author/MES)

Published
1999

3. Visualizing Science by Citation Mapping.

Author

Small, Henry

Abstract

Discusses science mapping in the general context of information visualization and reviews attempts to construct maps of science using citation data, focusing on the use of co-citation clusters. Reports new work on a dataset of 36,00 documents using simplified methods for ordination and nesting maps hierarchically. Also discusses virtual-reality software. Contains 46 references. (Author/LRW)

Published
1999

4. Navigating the Citation Network.

Author

Small, Henry

Abstract

Describes the overall statistical properties of the citation network in science using a new data representation of the citation links within the ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) database. Longitudinal coupling is introduced, which depends on documents which act both as cited and citing items, and bibliographic and cocitation coupling are discussed as navigation aids. (Author/LRW)

Published
1995

5. The Synthesis of Specialty Narratives from Co-Citation Clusters.

Author

Small, Henry

Abstract

Applies a method for generating synopses of scientific fields to a co-citation cluster in field of cancer virology and describes the resulting specialty narrative. Implications of procedure for the cognitive processes involved in reviewing a field are discussed. Appended are lists of highly cited and citing papers. (35 references) (EJS)

Published
1986

6. The Structure of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Literature. Stockholm Papers in Library and Information Science.

Author

Royal Inst. of Tech., Stockholm (Sweden). Library., Griffith, Belver C., and Small, Henry G.

Abstract

A clustering experiment applied co-citation analysis to a cumulation (1972-1974) of the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) tapes in order to outline a citation structure for the social and behavioral sciences. Co-citation analysis is a new technique that establishes a link between two older documents and a crude metric of the strength of that link, by counting the number of times the two documents are jointly cited in new documents. The major finding was that the analysis could cluster documents so that related works appeared together and could display relationships among documents and among clusters of documents which reflect scientific content. In contrast to the natural sciences, the social and behavioral sciences utilized older documents and placed greater emphasis on scholarly monographs, even in those areas most closely related to biological sciences, such as parts of experimental psychology. Generally, published work in the social and behavioral sciences seems to be heavily influenced by exceedingly small groups of researchers, who are represented often by quite old documents and who are not readily displaced by new research. These findings raise questions about the operation and function of the social and behavioral sciences. (LMM)

Published
1983

7. A Co-Citation Study of AIDS Research.

Author

Small, Henry and Greenlee, Edwin

Abstract

Uses cluster strings and co-citation maps at various levels of aggregation to trace the development of research on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from 1982 to 1987. Includes major findings and shifts in research emphasis. Explores the relationship of changes in bibliometric structure to changes in scientific knowledge and understanding. (SR)

Published
1989

8. The Relationship of Information Science to the Social Sciences: A Co-Citation Analysis.

Author

Small, Henry

Abstract

Investigates the relationship between information science and the social sciences through a co-citation cluster analysis of a three-year cumulation of the Social Sciences Citation Index. The internal structure of information science clusters is discussed, as well as external linkages to fields of social science. Thirteen references are listed. (BK)

Published
1981

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