Case 11: Citation networks (1)
This citation network illustrates a set of books and papers published between 1991 and 2016. The top circle represents the book Applied Nonlinear Control written by J. J. Slotine and W. Li in 1991. The other circles represent the so-called successor publications of the book that are published in the following years, have cited the book and have received high number of citations. Note that the vertical axis represents the year of publication.
What
depicts the citation network of a set of articles
Why
for identifying the literature on a research topic or exploring the publication oeuvre of a researcher
Who
Phd Candidates and researchers
How
1. collect your data from the web of science platform
2. import the data into CitNetExplorer software tool
3. use the drill down, expand and analysis features to study the network
5. use the CitNetExplorer screenshot to export your map
Data
List of files:
data1.txt
data2.txt
data3.txt
data4.txt
data5.txt
full Network/
– citationFile.txt
– publicationsFile.txt
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