Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics
AbstractCocitation measurements can reveal the extent to which a concept representing a novel combination of existing ideas evolves towards a specialty. The strength of cocitation is represented by its frequency, which accumulates over time. Of interest is whether underlying features...
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| author | Sitaram Devarakonda James R. Bradley Dmitriy Korobskiy Tandy Warnow George Chacko |
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AbstractCocitation measurements can reveal the extent to which a concept representing a novel combination of existing ideas evolves towards a specialty. The strength of cocitation is represented by its frequency, which accumulates over time. Of interest is whether underlying features associated with the strength of cocitation can be identified. We use the proximal citation network for a given pair of articles (x, y) to compute θ, an a priori estimate of the probability of cocitation between x and y, prior to their first cocitation. Thus, low values for θ reflect pairs of articles for which cocitation is presumed less likely. We observe that cocitation frequencies are a composite of power-law and lognormal distributions, and that very high cocitation frequencies are more likely to be composed of pairs with low values of θ, reflecting the impact of a novel combination of ideas. Furthermore, we note that the occurrence of a direct citation between two members of a cocited pair increases with cocitation frequency. Finally, we identify cases of frequently cocited publications that accumulate cocitations after an extended period of dormancy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da222a2ec1fc4500af14974c60eb41dd2022-12-21T23:41:00ZengThe MIT PressQuantitative Science Studies2641-33372020-01-01131223124110.1162/qss_a_00075Frequently cocited publications: Features and kineticsSitaram Devarakonda0http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7722-756XJames R. Bradley1http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8766-6830Dmitriy Korobskiy2http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7909-0218Tandy Warnow3http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-3514George Chacko4http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2127-1892Netelabs, NET ESolutions Corporation, McLean, VA, USARaymond A. Mason College of Business, William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USANetelabs, NET ESolutions Corporation, McLean, VA, USADepartment of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, USANetelabs, NET ESolutions Corporation, McLean, VA, USA AbstractCocitation measurements can reveal the extent to which a concept representing a novel combination of existing ideas evolves towards a specialty. The strength of cocitation is represented by its frequency, which accumulates over time. Of interest is whether underlying features associated with the strength of cocitation can be identified. We use the proximal citation network for a given pair of articles (x, y) to compute θ, an a priori estimate of the probability of cocitation between x and y, prior to their first cocitation. Thus, low values for θ reflect pairs of articles for which cocitation is presumed less likely. We observe that cocitation frequencies are a composite of power-law and lognormal distributions, and that very high cocitation frequencies are more likely to be composed of pairs with low values of θ, reflecting the impact of a novel combination of ideas. Furthermore, we note that the occurrence of a direct citation between two members of a cocited pair increases with cocitation frequency. Finally, we identify cases of frequently cocited publications that accumulate cocitations after an extended period of dormancy.https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/1/3/1223/96123/Frequently-cocited-publications-Features-and |
| spellingShingle | Sitaram Devarakonda James R. Bradley Dmitriy Korobskiy Tandy Warnow George Chacko Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics Quantitative Science Studies |
| title | Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics |
| title_full | Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics |
| title_fullStr | Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics |
| title_short | Frequently cocited publications: Features and kinetics |
| title_sort | frequently cocited publications features and kinetics |
| url | https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/1/3/1223/96123/Frequently-cocited-publications-Features-and |
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