<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We propose a visual representation of bibliographic data based on shared references. Our method employs a distance metric that is derived from bibliographic coupling and then subjected to fast approximate multidimensional scaling. Its utility is demonstrated by an explorative analysis of social network publications that, most notably, depicts the genesis of an area now commonly referred to as network science. However, the example also illustrates some common pitfalls in bibliometric analysis.</p></abstract>

We propose a visual representation of bibliographic data based on shared references. Our method employs a distance metric that is derived from bibliographic coupling and then subjected to fast approximate multidimensional scaling. Its utility is demonstrated by an explorative analysis of social network publications that, most notably, depicts the genesis of an area now commonly referred to as network science. However, the example also illustrates some common pitfalls in bibliometric analysis.

Explorative Visualization of Citation Patterns in Social Network Research<sup>*</sup>

Journal of Social Structure

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Explorative Visualization of Citation Patterns in Social Network Research

We propose a visual representation of bibliographic data based on shared references. Our method employs a distance metric that is derived from bibliographic...

Explorative Visualization of Citation Patterns in Social Network Research^*

Published Online: Jan 13, 2020

Page range: 1 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/joss-2019-037

© 2019 Ulrik Brandes et al., published by Sciendo

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Explorative Visualization of Citation Patterns in Social Network Research*

Published Online: Jan 13, 2020

Page range: 1 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/joss-2019-037

© 2019 Ulrik Brandes et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Explorative Visualization of Citation Patterns in Social Network Research^*