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Science Mapping: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Chaomei Chen

Chaomei Chen

College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, USA
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21 mar 2017
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Categoria dell'articolo: Expert Review
Pubblicato online: 21 mar 2017
Pagine: 1 - 40
Ricevuto: 30 gen 2017
Accettato: 20 feb 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jdis-2017-0006
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Figure 1

Topic search queries used for data collection.
Topic search queries used for data collection.

Figure 3

The distribution of the bibliographic records in Set #14.
The distribution of the bibliographic records in Set #14.

Figure 4

A dual-map overlay of the science mapping literature.
A dual-map overlay of the science mapping literature.

Figure 5

A hierarchy of index terms derived from Set #14.
A hierarchy of index terms derived from Set #14.

Figure 6

49 references with citation bursts of at least 5 years.
49 references with citation bursts of at least 5 years.

Figure 7

A landscape view of the co-citation network, generated by top 100 per slice between 1995 and 2016 (LRF = 3, LBY = 8, and e = 1.0).
A landscape view of the co-citation network, generated by top 100 per slice between 1995 and 2016 (LRF = 3, LBY = 8, and e = 1.0).

Figure 8

A timeline visualization of the largest clusters of the total of 603 clusters.
A timeline visualization of the largest clusters of the total of 603 clusters.

Figure 9

A hierarchy of key concepts selected from citing articles of Cluster #0 by log-likelihood ratio test.
A hierarchy of key concepts selected from citing articles of Cluster #0 by log-likelihood ratio test.

Figure 10

High-impact members of Cluster #0.
High-impact members of Cluster #0.

Figure 11

Top 20 most cited references in the largest cluster.
Top 20 most cited references in the largest cluster.

Figure 12

Major citing articles to the largest cluster.
Major citing articles to the largest cluster.

Figure 13

A hierarchy of key concepts in Cluster #1.
A hierarchy of key concepts in Cluster #1.

Figure 14

Key members of Cluster #1.
Key members of Cluster #1.

Figure 15

Key members of Cluster #1, sorted by sigma.
Key members of Cluster #1, sorted by sigma.

Figure 16

Citing articles to Cluster #1.
Citing articles to Cluster #1.

Figure 17

A hierarchy of key concepts in Cluster #2.
A hierarchy of key concepts in Cluster #2.

Figure 18

High-impact members of Cluster #2.
High-impact members of Cluster #2.

Figure 19

High-impact members of Cluster #2.
High-impact members of Cluster #2.

Figure 20

Citing articles of Cluster #2.
Citing articles of Cluster #2.

Figure 21

A hierarchy of key concepts in Cluster #3.
A hierarchy of key concepts in Cluster #3.

Figure 22

High-impact members of Cluster #3.
High-impact members of Cluster #3.

Figure 23

Key members of Cluster #3.
Key members of Cluster #3.

Figure 24

Citing articles of Cluster #3.
Citing articles of Cluster #3.

Figure 25

Novel co-citations made by 8 papers of White (left) and by 14 papers of Thelwall (right).
Novel co-citations made by 8 papers of White (left) and by 14 papers of Thelwall (right).

Figure 26

Three examples of articles with high modularity change rates: 1) (Waltman, 2016), 2) (Zupic, 2015), and 3) (Zhu et al., 2015).
Three examples of articles with high modularity change rates: 1) (Waltman, 2016), 2) (Zupic, 2015), and 3) (Zhu et al., 2015).

Figure 27

Stars indicate articles that are both cited and citing articles. Dashed lines indicate novel co-citation links. Illustrated based on 15 papers of the author’s own publications.
Stars indicate articles that are both cited and citing articles. Dashed lines indicate novel co-citation links. Illustrated based on 15 papers of the author’s own publications.

Figure 28

Citation trajectories of Howard White’s publications and their own locations.
Citation trajectories of Howard White’s publications and their own locations.

Figure 29

Novel links made by a review paper of informetrics (Bar-Ilan, 2008).
Novel links made by a review paper of informetrics (Bar-Ilan, 2008).

Potentially transformative papers published in recent years (2012–2016)_

YearΔMΔCLWCKLGeometric MeanGCTitleReference
20166.05410.01520.02510.13225A review of the literature on citation impact indicators(Waltman, 2016)
20160.92350.00190.34070.08420How are they different? A quantitative domain comparison of information visualization and data visualization (2000–2014)(Kim, Zhu, & Chen, 2016)
20160.82070.00170.06400.04472A bibliometric analysis of 20 years of research on software product lines(Heradio et al., 2016)
20151.74980.00730.03800.07860Global ontology research progress: A bibliometric analysis(Zhu et al., 2015)
20151.98730.00520.03970.07439Bibliometric methods in management and organization(Zupic, 2015)
20151.99060.00290.02380.051613A review of theory and practice in scientometrics(Mingers & Leydesdorff, 2015)
20141.62400.00870.04340.08503Research dynamics: Measuring the continuity and popularity of research topics(Yan, 2014)
20141.18370.00310.04630.05541Making a mark: A computational and visual analysis of one researcher’s intellectual domain(Skupin, 2014)
20140.44620.00240.02700.030712The knowledge base and research front of information science 2006–2010: An author cocitation and bibliographic coupling analysis(Zhao & Strotmann, 2014)
20132.53980.01120.06430.122313Analysis of bibliometric indicators for individual scholars in a large data set(Radicchi & Castellano, 2013)
20131.07810.00650.21800.11526A visual analytic study of retracted articles in scientific literature(Chen et al., 2013)
20131.79780.00640.05420.085424Quantitative evaluation of alternative field normalization procedures(Li et al., 2013)
20123.62740.01070.08110.146629SciMAT: A new science mapping analysis software tool(Cobo et al., 2012)
20123.43800.02480.02590.130215A forward diversity index(Carley & Porter, 2012)
20121.07190.00320.03210.047911Visualizing and mapping the intellectual structure of information retrieval(Rorissa & Yuan, 2012)

Temporal properties of major clusters_

Cluster IDSizeSilhouetteFromToDurationMedianSustainabilityActivenessTheme
02140.74819952015212006++++++ActiveScience mapping
12090.76519902006171997++InactiveDomain analysis
21900.84520002015162009ActiveResearch evaluation
31600.95419962014192005++++ActiveInformation visualization / Visual analytics
41520.89019881999121993InactiveApplications of ACA
61250.92519952006122001InactiveWebometrics
8930.88219942010172002++InactiveBibliometric studies of social work in health
11480.96519942006132000InactiveBibliometric studies of management research
12440.96619901999101996InactiveGraph visualization
16290.9771999200792003InactiveBibliometric studies of information systems
28150.99520042013102008InactiveGlobal trend; Water resources

The five largest clusters of co-cited references of the network of 3,145 references_ The largest three connected components include 1,729 of the references_

ClusterSizeMean (year)Silhouette% of the networkAccumulated % of the network% of top 3 LCCsAccumulated % of LCCs
021420060.7484.54.58.18.1
120919970.7652.36.74.112.2
219020090.8453.310.06.018.2
316020050.9542.912.95.323.5
415219920.8901.714.63.026.5
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