Visualizing a discipline: An author co‐citation analysis of information science, 1972–1995
Journal of the American Society for Information SciencePublished 1 April 1998
Howard D. White, Katherine W. McCain
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This study presents an extensive domain analysis of a discipline—information science—in terms of its authors, revealing the disciplinary and institutional affiliations of contributors to information science, and evidence on the general nature and state of integration of information science.
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This study presents an extensive domain analysis of a in articles, regardless of which of their works are cited. discipline—information science—in terms of its authors. Names of those most frequently cited in 12 key
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