A Visual Analysis on the Research of Small World Theory

Abstract

Abstract:

This article analyzes the status of the small world theory using CiteSpace II, a visual software.The results show that the leading countries are China and the United States: the Chinese institutions represented by University of Science and Technology of China and the American institutions represented by University of Michigan constitute the major highly-quantities institutions. The productive authors also mainly come from China and the United States. The disciplines of hotspots include physics, computer science,neuroscience and psychiatry, and mathematics, whereas the research frontiers are different in different periods. We identify a cornerstone piece of literature and other six pieces with outstanding contributions.

Key words: Small world, CiteSpace II, Visualization, Knowledge map

Qu Shaoling, Hu Dehua. A Visual Analysis on the Research of Small World Theory[J]. LIBRARY JOURNAL.

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