%0 Journal Article %1 li2016explore %A Li, Munan %A Chu, Yanqun %D 2016 %J Journal of Information Science %K co-word mapping %R 10.1177/0165551516661914 %T Explore the research front of a specific research theme based on a novel technique of enhanced co-word analysis %U http://jis.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/09/01/0165551516661914.abstract %X Discovering the research front of a specific topic remains a significant challenge for researchers in all scientific areas. Over the last decade, burst term detection (BTD) in text streams has become a useful technique for bibliometrics and science mapping. It has been argued that analytical methods based on BTD can indicate certain facets of a research front. To integrate BTD into the framework of traditional co-word analysis, association rule mining between keywords and burst terms (ARM-KB) is introduced to enhance traditional co-word analysis and present a new facet of the research front for a field of science. Based on ARM-KB, possible connections between keywords and burst terms are built, which can facilitate the exploration of a research front from a three-dimensional perspective, through co-word analysis, burst term clues, and association rules. In the case study, the research fronts of anticancer based on nanomedicine (ABN) are explored. Based on theoretical and empirical analyses, ARM-KB can be used as a valuable new technique or a supplement to traditional bibliometrics in the exploration of scientific frontiers.

@article{li2016explore, abstract = {Discovering the research front of a specific topic remains a significant challenge for researchers in all scientific areas. Over the last decade, burst term detection (BTD) in text streams has become a useful technique for bibliometrics and science mapping. It has been argued that analytical methods based on BTD can indicate certain facets of a research front. To integrate BTD into the framework of traditional co-word analysis, association rule mining between keywords and burst terms (ARM-KB) is introduced to enhance traditional co-word analysis and present a new facet of the research front for a field of science. Based on ARM-KB, possible connections between keywords and burst terms are built, which can facilitate the exploration of a research front from a three-dimensional perspective, through co-word analysis, burst term clues, and association rules. In the case study, the research fronts of anticancer based on nanomedicine (ABN) are explored. Based on theoretical and empirical analyses, ARM-KB can be used as a valuable new technique or a supplement to traditional bibliometrics in the exploration of scientific frontiers.}, added-at = {2016-09-05T09:59:25.000+0200}, author = {Li, Munan and Chu, Yanqun}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/264dd892f65ff4990824b785110ac15f8/wdees}, description = {Explore the research front of a specific research theme based on a novel technique of enhanced co-word analysis}, doi = {10.1177/0165551516661914}, eprint = {http://jis.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/09/01/0165551516661914.full.pdf+html}, interhash = {e607b426221de704cae93c43ad2f1e27}, intrahash = {64dd892f65ff4990824b785110ac15f8}, journal = {Journal of Information Science}, keywords = {co-word mapping}, timestamp = {2016-09-05T09:59:25.000+0200}, title = {Explore the research front of a specific research theme based on a novel technique of enhanced co-word analysis}, url = {http://jis.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/09/01/0165551516661914.abstract}, year = 2016 }