Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents

@article{citeulike:2498154, abstract = {A new form of document coupling called co-citation is defined as the frequency with which two documents are cited together. The co-citation frequency of two scientific papers can be determined by comparing lists of citing documents in the Science Citation Index and counting identical entries. Networks of co-cited papers can be generated for specific scientific specialties, and an example is drawn from the literature of particle physics. Co-citation patterns are found to differ significantly from bibliographic coupling patterns, but to agree generally with patterns of direct citation. Clusters of co-cited papers provide a new way to study the specialty structure of science. They may provide a new approach to indexing and to the creation of SDI profiles.}, address = {Institute for Scientific Information Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106}, author = {Small, Henry }, citeulike-article-id = {2498154}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630240406}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science}, keywords = {bibliometrics, co-citation}, number = {4}, pages = {265--269}, posted-at = {2008-03-10 01:43:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630240406}, volume = {24}, year = {1973} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2498154 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2498154 TI - Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science VL - 24 IS - 4 SP - 265 EP - 269 AD - Institute for Scientific Information Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 N2 - A new form of document coupling called co-citation is defined as the frequency with which two documents are cited together. The co-citation frequency of two scientific papers can be determined by comparing lists of citing documents in the Science Citation Index and counting identical entries. Networks of co-cited papers can be generated for specific scientific specialties, and an example is drawn from the literature of particle physics. Co-citation patterns are found to differ significantly from bibliographic coupling patterns, but to agree generally with patterns of direct citation. Clusters of co-cited papers provide a new way to study the specialty structure of science. They may provide a new approach to indexing and to the creation of SDI profiles. KW - bibliometrics KW - co-citation AU - Small, Henry PY - 1973/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630240406 ER -