%0 Journal Article %1 small1973cocitation %A Small, Henry %D 1973 %I Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company %J Journal of the American Society for Information Science %K 10th citation cocitation literature scientific %N 4 %P 265--269 %R 10.1002/asi.4630240406 %T Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630240406 %V 24 %X A new form of document coupling called co-citation is defined as the frequency with which two documents are cited together. The co-citation frequency of two scientific papers can be determined by comparing lists of citing documents in the Science Citation Index and counting identical entries. Networks of co-cited papers can be generated for specific scientific specialties, and an example is drawn from the literature of particle physics. Co-citation patterns are found to differ significantly from bibliographic coupling patterns, but to agree generally with patterns of direct citation. Clusters of co-cited papers provide a new way to study the specialty structure of science. They may provide a new approach to indexing and to the creation of SDI profiles.

@article{small1973cocitation, abstract = {A new form of document coupling called co-citation is defined as the frequency with which two documents are cited together. The co-citation frequency of two scientific papers can be determined by comparing lists of citing documents in the Science Citation Index and counting identical entries. Networks of co-cited papers can be generated for specific scientific specialties, and an example is drawn from the literature of particle physics. Co-citation patterns are found to differ significantly from bibliographic coupling patterns, but to agree generally with patterns of direct citation. Clusters of co-cited papers provide a new way to study the specialty structure of science. They may provide a new approach to indexing and to the creation of SDI profiles.}, added-at = {2011-11-07T14:24:08.000+0100}, author = {Small, Henry}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21dc18dfe50667ff19d5cfa9d52d3e37b/sdo}, description = {Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents - Small - 2007 - Journal of the American Society for Information Science - Wiley Online Library}, doi = {10.1002/asi.4630240406}, interhash = {dfbb7636c96853cc258878548c12d12f}, intrahash = {1dc18dfe50667ff19d5cfa9d52d3e37b}, issn = {1097-4571}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science}, keywords = {10th citation cocitation literature scientific}, number = 4, pages = {265--269}, publisher = {Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company}, timestamp = {2011-11-07T14:24:53.000+0100}, title = {Co-citation in the scientific literature: A new measure of the relationship between two documents}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630240406}, volume = 24, year = 1973 }