The effect of citation behaviour on knowledge diffusion and intellectual structure |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China;2. Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China;1. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, Stuttgart 70569 Germany;2. CAS, A Division of the American Chemical Society, Custom Services, 2540 Olentangy River Road-1505, Columbus, OH 43202, USA;3. Science Policy and Strategy Department, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Hofgartenstr. 8, Munich 80539 Germany;1. WISE Lab, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116085, China;2. College of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian Minzu University, Dalian, 116600, China;1. Science Policy and Strategy Department Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Hofgartenstr. 8, 80539 Munich, Germany;2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Department of Sociology, Konradstr. 6, 80801 Munich, Germany;1. Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa, and IIT-CNR of Pisa, Italy;2. Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Siena, Italy;3. Université du Québec à Trois-Riviéres, Canada;4. Université du Québec à Montreal, Canada;1. Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Italy;2. Department of Engineering and Management, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy) & Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Italy;3. Laboratory for Studies in Research Evaluation, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science (IASI-CNR), National Research Council of Italy, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Citation behaviour is the source driver of scientific dynamics, and it is essential to understand its effect on knowledge diffusion and intellectual structure. This study explores the effect of citation behaviour on disciplinary knowledge diffusion and intellectual structure by comparing three types of citation behaviour trends, namely the high citation trend, medium citation trend, and low citation trend. The diffusion power, diffusion speed, and diffusion breadth were calculated to quantify knowledge diffusion. The properties of the global and local citation network structure were used to reflect the particular influences of citation behaviour on the scientific intellectual structure. The primary empirical results show that (a) the high citation behaviour trend could improve the knowledge diffusion speed for papers with a short citation history span. Additionally, the medium citation trend has the broadest diffusion breadth whereas the low citation behaviour trend might make the citation counts take off for papers with a long citation history span; (b) the high citation trend has a stronger influence and greater control over the intellectual structure, but this relationship is true only for papers with a short or normal citation history span. These findings could play important roles in scientific research evaluation and impact prediction. |
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