A Review of Detecting Methods for Scientific Fronts

Abstract

Abstract:

After analyzing the concept of “scientific fronts”, the paper reviews the detecting methods that are different from each other in terms of principles. It singles out thematic analysis as the new trend,and compares the four different methods for their advantages and disadvantages in the four key steps in detecting scientific fronts.

Key words:

Scientific fronts, Method review, Citation analysis, Co-word analysis, Topic model

Feng Jia, Zhang Yunqiu. A Review of Detecting Methods for Scientific Fronts[J]. Libraly Journal, 2017, 36(5): 29-35.

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