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

• Main Authors: Peng, Tai-Quan, Wang, Zhen-Zhen
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information society
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79793; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17892
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...