Scientometrics
Volume/Issue:
Volume 72: Issue 3
Self-citations, co-authorships and keywords: A new approach to scientists’ field mobility?
Authors:
Iina Hellsten VKS-KNAW The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Renaud Lambiotte Université de Liège SUPRATECS Liège Belgium

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Andrea Scharnhorst VKS-KNAW The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands

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Marcel Ausloos Université de Liège SUPRATECS Liège Belgium

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Pages:
469–486
Online Publication Date:
11 Jul 2007
Publication Date:
01 Sep 2007
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-1680-5
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Abstract  

This paper introduces a new approach to detecting scientists’ field mobility by focusing on an author’s self-citation network, and the co-authorships and keywords in self-citing articles. Contrary to much previous literature on self-citations, we will show that author’s self-citation patterns reveal important information on the development and emergence of new research topics over time. More specifically, we will discuss self-citations as a means to detect scientists’ field mobility. We introduce a network based definition of field mobility, using the Optimal Percolation Method (Lambiotte & Ausloos, 2005; 2006). The results of the study can be extended to selfcitation networks of groups of authors and, generally also for other types of networks.

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Print ISSN:
0138-9130
Online ISSN:
1588-2861

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Scientometrics
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