Abstract: Purpose: In this paper, biclustering was used in co-citation analysis. Co-citations with high frequency and citations were clustered at the same time, so that co-citation analysis and citation coupling analysis were performed simultaneously to explore the intellectual base and research front of certain field. Method: Co-citation biclustering analysis of the highly cited papers was performed using the papers on nursing in Web of Science as data source. Result and conclusion: The visualization results were visualized by gCluto. The intellectual base of nursing research and its hot research spots were summarized.

Key words: Co-citation analysis, Biclustering analysis, gCluto