AUTHORS AS MARKERS OF INTELLECTUAL SPACE: CO‐CITATION IN STUDIES OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Journal of DocumentationPublished 1 April 1982

Howard D. White, Belver C. Griffith

DOI10.1108/eb026731

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Citations97

SJR quartileQ1

SJR score0.79

SNIP1.63

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Abstract

Interrelations of writings in a complex field such as studies of science, technology and society, turn out to be highly patterned when data on author co‐citations are statistically analysed and mapped. For both authors and specialities, the maps reveal structures of subject matter and intellectual impact, based on the perceptions of hundreds of citers since 1972. A new tool thus is available to historians and others concerned with a field's intellectual development.

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