CiteSpace Metrics

CiteSpace-style node metrics (centrality, bursts) and labelled clusters.

The CiteSpace Metrics widget.

Overview

Computes CiteSpace-style indicators on a co-occurrence/co-citation network: per-node betweenness centrality (the “pivot” nodes that bridge clusters), burstness, and a clustering of the network with automatic cluster labels — the quantitative backbone of a CiteSpace-type science map.

Inputs

• Data (Table) — bibliographic data.

Outputs

• Node Metrics (Table) — per-node centrality/burst metrics.

• Clusters (Table) — labelled network clusters.

Controls

• Entity column — the field whose co-occurrence network is analysed (keywords, references…).

• Top N nodes — keep the N most frequent nodes.

• Min occurrences — drop rare nodes below this frequency.

Actions: Compute metrics.