Bibliographic coupling and co-citation analysis: theoretical-conceptual review
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2016v21n47p82Keywords:
Co-citation analysis, Bibliographic coupling, Relational citation analysis, Domain analysisAbstract
The relational citation analysis, mainly co-citation method and bibliographic coupling, allows to know the structural relations of theoretical and methodological connectivity of a domain, as well as the proximity, the neighborhood, association and dialogue established between documents and researchers, as recognized by the scientific community. These two methods have been used individually for the understanding of scientific communication, the research front and intellectual structure of scientific domains. Recently, it has been observed comparative studies between them in order to verify their adequacy and efficiency as indicators of similarity or proximity subject. In this context, due the importance of these methods to the bibliometric and domain analysis, this paper aims to discuss theoretical and conceptual aspects related to both methods of relational citation analysis of relations - author co-citation analysis and author bibliographic coupling analysis -, to contribute to the discussions and development of the Brazilian theoretical and methodological studies on the subject.
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