Overview of Author Cocitation Analysis Procedures

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Author(s): Sean Eom (Southeast Missouri State University, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 27
Source title: Author Cocitation Analysis: Quantitative Methods for Mapping the Intellectual Structure of an Academic Discipline
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sean B. Eom (Southeast Missouri State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-738-6.ch007

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Information Systems / Library Science

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The previous two chapters examined the two alternative approaches of retrieving cocitation counts using custom databases and cocitation frequency counts extraction systems. The cocitaion frequency counts are the inputs to the SAS or SPSS systems for multivariate statistical analysis. The primary purpose of this chapter is to overview several important steps in author cocitation analysis. ACA consists of the six major steps beginning with the selection of author sets for further analysis, then collection of cocitation frequency counts, statistical analysis of the cocitation frequency counts, and the validation and interpretation of statistical outputs.

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