Abstract
This study explores structures of citation networks of Taiwan sociology journals, conceiving these citation networks as the citation behavior of inter-sociology journals in the professional sociology community. We investigate the structural changes in numbers and density of citations and formations of subgroups over time. The data set covers 20 Taiwan sociology journals between 2001 and 2006 and traces their citations of sociology journals from 1993 to 2006. We demonstrate our results by visualizing the citation networks and then employing structural equivalence, blockmodeling and positional and role analysis to analyze different blocks and roles. This research indicates two major findings: (1) The centrality ofcore professional sociology journals in the citation networks has been rising over time. (2) The primary position is composed of core professional sociology journals. Additionally, the journals of social work and social welfare cite each other within their own subfields.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Blockmodeling
- Citation networks
- Social network analysis
- Sociology journals