Co-citation Network

References frequently cited together (intellectual base of the field).

Co-citation Network

The Co-citation Network widget.

Overview

Builds the co-citation network: references that are repeatedly cited together by the corpus, revealing the field’s intellectual base and its schools of thought (clusters). Nodes are cited references; edges weight how often two are co-cited.

Inputs

  • Data (Table) — data with references.

Outputs

  • Node Data (Table) — references with citation count and community.

Controls

  • References col — the references column.

  • Top N references — keep the N most-cited references.

  • Min co-citation — minimum co-citation count for an edge.

Actions: Build. Pair the edges with Plot Bibliometric Network to draw.