<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A network is a set of nodes connected via edges, with possibly directions and weights on the edges. Sometimes, in a multi-layer network, the nodes can also be heterogeneous. In this perspective, based on previous studies, we argue that networks can be regarded as the infrastructure of scientometrics in the sense that networks can be used to represent scientometric data. Then the task of answering various scientometric questions related to this data becomes an algorithmic problem in the corresponding network.</p></abstract>

A network is a set of nodes connected via edges, with possibly directions and weights on the edges. Sometimes, in a multi-layer network, the nodes can also be heterogeneous. In this perspective, based on previous studies, we argue that networks can be regarded as the infrastructure of scientometrics in the sense that networks can be used to represent scientometric data. Then the task of answering various scientometric questions related to this data becomes an algorithmic problem in the corresponding network.

Infrastructure of Scientometrics: The Big and Network Picture

Journal of Data and Information Science

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A network is a set of nodes connected via edges, with possibly directions and weights on the edges. Sometimes, in a multi-layer network, the nodes can also be...

Infrastructure of Scientometrics: The Big and Network Picture

Article Category: Perspective

Published Online: Dec 27, 2019

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Nov 16, 2019

Accepted: Nov 29, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2019-0017

Keywords
Network science, Scientometrics

© 2019 Jinshan Wu, published by Sciendo

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

Infrastructure of Scientometrics: The Big and Network Picture

Article Category: Perspective

Published Online: Dec 27, 2019

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Nov 16, 2019

Accepted: Nov 29, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2019-0017

KeywordsNetwork science, Scientometrics

© 2019 Jinshan Wu, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Network science, Scientometrics