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The simultaneous scaling of cited and citing articles in a common space

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Abstract

Scientific articles may be represented as points in a space whose spatial pattern reflects some of the substantive and social structures of science. The proximity of articles and the documents they reference leads to a centroid scalling method proposed in this paper. This method scales citing articles as close as possible to the articles they reference. The simultaneous scaling of citing and cited articles in a common space aids in the interpretation of the resultant configuration.

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Noma, E. The simultaneous scaling of cited and citing articles in a common space. Scientometrics 4, 205–231 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021061

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