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Author

Milard, B.

Title

¬The social circles behind scientific references : relationships between citing and cited authors in chemistry publications

Source

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 65(2014) no.12, S.2459-2468

Year

2014

Abstract

This paper provides a better understanding of the implications of researchers' social networks in bibliographic references. Using a set of chemistry papers and conducting interviews with their authors (n = 32), I characterize the type of relation the author has with the authors of the references contained in his/her paper (n = 3,623). I show that citation relationships do not always involve underlying personal exchanges and that unknown references are an essential component, revealing segmentations in scientific groups. The relationships implied by references are of various strengths and origins. Several inclusive social circles are then identified: co-authors, close acquaintances, colleagues, invisible colleges, peers, contactables, and strangers. I conclude that publication is a device that contributes to a relatively stable distribution among the various social circles that structure scientific sociability.

Theme

Informetrie

Field

Chemie

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