Tracing knowledge diffusion of TOPSIS: A historical perspective from citation network

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Highlights：

• Main path analysis is conducted to detect the development trajectories.

• The knowledge diffusion in the domain is probed from a historical perspective.

• The research content in the same research topic such as logistics has changed.

• Clustering and multiple main paths are integrated to provide a rounded analysis.

摘要

•Main path analysis is conducted to detect the development trajectories.•The knowledge diffusion in the domain is probed from a historical perspective.•The research content in the same research topic such as logistics has changed.•Clustering and multiple main paths are integrated to provide a rounded analysis.

论文关键词：TOPSIS,Knowledge structure,Historical analysis,Main path analysis

论文评审过程：Received 8 July 2020, Revised 30 October 2020, Accepted 3 November 2020, Available online 7 November 2020, Version of Record 24 January 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.114238