Indices of journal citation relatedness and citation relationships among aquatic biology journals

A. Pudovkin; Elizabeth Fuseler

doi:10.1007/bf02017642

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 32: Issue 3

Indices of journal citation relatedness and citation relationships among aquatic biology journals

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A. Pudovkin

A. Pudovkin Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch 690041 Vladivostok (Russia) 690041 Vladivostok (Russia)

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Elizabeth Fuseler

Elizabeth Fuseler Colorado State University The Libraries, 215 Morgan Library 80523 Fort Collins Colorado (USA) 80523 Fort Collins Colorado (USA)

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Pages:: 227–236

Online Publication Date:: 06 Aug 2005

Publication Date:: 26 Mar 1995

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02017642

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Abstract

Simple quantitative indices of pair-wise journal citation relatedness (based on the numbers of references given to and received from a journal title, which are provided by Science Citation Index database) are translated by an automatic clustering procedure into a meaningful map diagram reflecting topical relatedness of journals within a field of science. Such a map for 60 journals in marine and freshwater biology and related sciences published in 1987 reveals a tight cluster of marine biology journals quite distinct from the freshwater biology journal cluster and from the fisheries cluster. The journals within the marine biology cluster and those with strongest pair-wise links with them can be regarded as the core journals in marine biology. Indices of unilateral citation relatedness are used to obtain diagrams, which we term citograms. The citograms visualize patterns of citation relatedness of a journal (its citing and being cited). Journal self-citation can be meaningfully estimated using the bilateral index of relatedness. Self-citation is high in specialized or regional journal titles. It also appears to be quite substantial in journals of broader scope, which possibly reflect authors' subjective preferences.

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