The dynamics of triads in aggregated journal–journal citation relations: Specialty developments at the above-journal level

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Highlights:

• Most citation links between journals do not persist year after year.

• Journal pairs can be agglomerated into specialties through triadic closure.

• Increasing triadic closure indicates integration at the above-journal level.

• Local integration maxima point us at substantive developments in the sciences.

• Large multidisciplinary journals show highest integration levels during 2011–2013.

摘要

•Most citation links between journals do not persist year after year.•Journal pairs can be agglomerated into specialties through triadic closure.•Increasing triadic closure indicates integration at the above-journal level.•Local integration maxima point us at substantive developments in the sciences.•Large multidisciplinary journals show highest integration levels during 2011–2013.

论文关键词:Specialty,Journal,Triadic closure,Bottom-up,Dynamic

论文评审过程:Received 24 February 2015, Revised 22 April 2015, Accepted 22 April 2015, Available online 8 June 2015, Version of Record 8 June 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.04.005