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Bibliographic Author Coupling Analysis: A New Methodological Approach for Identifying Research Trends

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2008, 25(1), pp.173~190
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2008.25.1.173
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : February 16, 2008
  • Accepted : March 3, 2008
  • Published : March 30, 2008

Lee, Jae Yun 1

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ABSTRACT

Author co-citation analysis(ACA) technique has been widely used for identifying research areas and trends in a discipline. But this technique has some limitations, mainly due to citation delay, on analyzing current trends and identifying active researchers. In this study, a new method, named as Bibliographic Author Coupling Analysis(BACA), is suggested for overcoming those limitations of author co-citation analysis. BACA is based on Kessler's bibliographic coupling approach and focuses not on documents but on authors. Simply stated, BACA technique assumes that those likewise citing authors have the same research interests. For the purpose of comparing with author co-citation analysis, two preceding studies with author co-citation analysis are reconsidered and re-examined using BACA. The comparing results can be regarded as promising the usefulness of BACA in analyzing current research trends and identifying active researchers.

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