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This chapter introduces some landmark works in quantitative studies of science and science mapping in particular. We introduce scientometric techniques and procedures for co-word and co-citation analyses, including author co-citation analyses and document co-citation analyses. We discuss the differences between multidimensional scaling, minimum spanning trees, and Pathfinder network scaling techniques in handling network models of scientific knowledge. Examples of citation and co-citation structures produced by HistCite and CiteSpace are included in this chapter.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
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Chen, C. (2013). The Structure and Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge. In: Mapping Scientific Frontiers. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5128-9_5
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