A refined method for computing bibliographic coupling strengths

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Highlights：

• A new formula for calculating bibliographic coupling strength is provided.

• It is based on the TF-IDF formula as used in information retrieval.

• A derived formula for similarity calculation between documents is provided.

• The feasibility of these new formulae is shown on a large dataset.

摘要

•A new formula for calculating bibliographic coupling strength is provided.•It is based on the TF-IDF formula as used in information retrieval.•A derived formula for similarity calculation between documents is provided.•The feasibility of these new formulae is shown on a large dataset.

论文关键词：Bibliographic coupling,Coupling strength,TF-IDF,Sen-gan similarity,Vladutz-cook bibliographic coupling formula

论文评审过程：Received 26 January 2016, Revised 3 January 2019, Accepted 23 January 2019, Available online 29 March 2019, Version of Record 29 March 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.01.012