Visualizing information science: Author direct citation analysis in China and around the world

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Highlights：

• Exploring knowledge communication and scientific structure by author direct-citation.

• Author direct-citation analysis among prolific, highly cited, and core authors.

• Research subjects on information science around the world be divided into 10 clusters.

• Author direct-citation analysis is different from author co-citation analysis.

摘要

•Exploring knowledge communication and scientific structure by author direct-citation.•Author direct-citation analysis among prolific, highly cited, and core authors.•Research subjects on information science around the world be divided into 10 clusters.•Author direct-citation analysis is different from author co-citation analysis.

论文关键词：Author direct citation,Information science,Citation network,Visualization

论文评审过程：Received 13 July 2014, Revised 29 December 2014, Accepted 5 January 2015, Available online 17 January 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.01.001