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Co-citation analysis and the search for invisible colleges: A methodological evaluation

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After 30 years of research, co-citation analysis has become the dominant method for the empirical study of the structures of scientific communication. There is a considerable variety of methods and, at the same time, a lack of methodological evaluation. This paper summarizes the present state of co-citation analysis and presents several methods of clustering references. The database used is a selection of 2,114 documents in the field of organization studies from 1986-2000. The evaluative study shows that the choice of methods has a strong impact on the results created. It also shows that the methods of cluster and factor analysis hitherto used have only a limited value in differentiating clearly between schools of scientific research - the 'invisible colleges'.

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Gmür, M. Co-citation analysis and the search for invisible colleges: A methodological evaluation. Scientometrics 57, 27–57 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023619503005

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