Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)

The study aims to assess journals’ structural influence in Internet research and uncover the impacts of network structures on journals’ structural influence drawing on theories of network closure (Coleman, 1988) and structural holes (Burt, 1992). The data of the study are the citation exchanges amon...

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Main Authors: Peng, Tai-Quan, Wang, Zhen-Zhen
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-797932020-03-07T12:15:49Z Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010) Peng, Tai-Quan Wang, Zhen-Zhen Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information society The study aims to assess journals’ structural influence in Internet research and uncover the impacts of network structures on journals’ structural influence drawing on theories of network closure (Coleman, 1988) and structural holes (Burt, 1992). The data of the study are the citation exchanges among 1,210 journals in Communication and other seven social scientific fields (i.e., Business, Economics/Finance, Education, Information Science, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology) in Internet research. The top two most influential journals in Internet research are American Economic Review and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Journals in “Communication” field emerge to be an important source of influence in Internet research, whose mean structural influence ranks third among the eight fields, below “Business” and “Economics/Finance”, but above other five fields. Journals’ structural influences are found to grow over time and the growth rates vary across journals. Network brokerage is found to exert a significant impact on journals’ structural influence, while the impact of network closure on journals’ structural influences is not significant. The impact of network brokerage on journals’ structural influence will increase over time. Accepted version 2013-11-29T01:41:59Z 2019-12-06T13:34:14Z 2013-11-29T01:41:59Z 2019-12-06T13:34:14Z 2013 2013 Journal Article Peng, T. Q., & Wang, Z. Z. (2013). Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals: a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010). Scientometrics, 97(3), 675-693. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79793 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17892 10.1007/s11192-013-1012-x en Scientometrics © 2013 Akade´miai Kiado´, Budapest, Hungary. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Scientometrics, Springer Verlag. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1012-x]. 28 p. application/pdf
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Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)
description The study aims to assess journals’ structural influence in Internet research and uncover the impacts of network structures on journals’ structural influence drawing on theories of network closure (Coleman, 1988) and structural holes (Burt, 1992). The data of the study are the citation exchanges among 1,210 journals in Communication and other seven social scientific fields (i.e., Business, Economics/Finance, Education, Information Science, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology) in Internet research. The top two most influential journals in Internet research are American Economic Review and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Journals in “Communication” field emerge to be an important source of influence in Internet research, whose mean structural influence ranks third among the eight fields, below “Business” and “Economics/Finance”, but above other five fields. Journals’ structural influences are found to grow over time and the growth rates vary across journals. Network brokerage is found to exert a significant impact on journals’ structural influence, while the impact of network closure on journals’ structural influences is not significant. The impact of network brokerage on journals’ structural influence will increase over time.
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title Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)
title_short Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)
title_full Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)
title_fullStr Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)
title_full_unstemmed Network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in Internet research (2000–2010)
title_sort network closure, brokerage, and structural influence of journals : a longitudinal study of journal citation network in internet research (2000–2010)
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