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Crossmaps: Visualization of overlapping relationships in collections of journal papers
Pages 109-114

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... Collections of journal papers related to a scientific field are a useful source of information when mapping a knowledge domain (1~. The structure within the knowledge domain is manifested in the collection of papers as groups of related entities, such as groups of papers that represent subtopics, groups of references that represent base knowledge, groups of paper authors that represent collaboration teams, groups of reference authors that represent experts, groups of journals that represent subtopic libraries, and groups of terms that represent specialized vocabularies within the knowledge domain.
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... 1. For example, pairs of papers related by common terms may imply a common research topic, or pairs of journals that contain papers that cite common reference authors may imply 5292 1 www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0307604100 that those two journals publish papers that have a common research topic.
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... In collections of journal papers, we propose several correspondence relations between groups of different entity types that are useful for knowledge mapping: - Relation of research fronts to base reference groups. This shows what base knowledge supports specific research topics.
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... 5294 1 www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0307604100 epidemics network theory social networks food webs Intemet epidemics small worlds early papers bio networks indeterminate — r r O so ~ ~ 6 it ~ Morris and Yen
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From page 113...
... In the example shown here, two types of crossmaps allow comprehension of the overlapping relations among research fronts, base reference groups, and author collaboration groups. Potential users of crossmaps are researchers exploring the literature of a scientific field to discover current research topics, base references, research teams, core journals, and the relations among them.
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... 17. Callon, M., Courtial, J
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