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As a starting point, we focus on a specific journal, which is known as a ‘seed’ journal. It will have citation links with other journals, both given and received. When we have a set of journals, we are able to determine the connections between them based on the citations they give and receive. After that, we will extract the most prominent journals. In short, we could say journals that are cited often by others are called authorities, while those that tend to give many citations are called hubs. Authorities and hubs show what could be called a mutually reinforcing relationship: a good authority is a journal cited by many good hubs; a good hub is a journal citing many good authorities. This methodology was first developed in social network theory to separate web pages into authorities and hubs.
Finally, we create a network map that contains the most important hubs and authorities journals related to the ‘seed’ journal. In just one simple network map, we present the relevant citation environment of a ‘seed’ journal. This new approach is of obvious interest to those who work in journals, as well as to the publishers of these journals.”
To cite this article, please use: Gloria Kenny, "Journal Citation Network Analysis: new developments", Elsevier Editors' Update, Issue 21, February 2008.
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