Review paper
Citation choice and innovation in science studies
Abstract
What are the factors which render an article more likely to be cited? Using social network analysis of citations between published scholarly works, the nascent field around Social Studies of Science is examined from its incipience in 1971 until 2008. To gauge intellectual positioning, closeness centrality and orthodoxy rates are derived from bibliographic networks. Bibliographic orthodoxy is defined as the propensity of an article to cite other...
Paper Details
Title
Citation choice and innovation in science studies
Published Date
Nov 10, 2012
Journal
Volume
95
Issue
1
Pages
385 - 415
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