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References

  • Chen, C. (2004) Searching for intellectual turning points: Progressive knowledge domain visualization. PNAS, 101 (suppl_1), 5303-5310. 10.1073/pnas.0307513100 CiteSpace Original

  • Chen, C. (2006) CiteSpace II: Detecting and visualizing emerging trends and transient patterns in scientific literature. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(3), 359-377. 10.1002/asi.20317 CiteSpace II

  • Chen, C., Ibekwe-SanJuan, F., Hou, J. (2010) The structure and dynamics of cocitation clusters: A multiple‐perspective cocitation analysis. Journal of the American Society for information Science and Technology, 61(7), 1386-1409. 10.1002.asi.21309 cluster labeling

  • Chen, C. (2012) Predictive effects of structural variation on citation counts. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(3), 431-449. 10.1002/asi.21694 structural variation analysis (SVA)

  • Chaomei Chen, Loet Leydesdorff (2014) Patterns of Connections and Movements in Dual-Map Overlays: A New Method of Publication Portfolio Analysis. DOI: 10.1002/asi.22968

  • Chen, C. (2017) Science Mapping: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Data and Information Science, 2(2), 1-40. 10.1515/jdis-2017-0006 a show-case study

  • Chen, C., Song, M. (2019) Visualizing a Field of Research: A Methodology of Systematic Scientometric Reviews. PLoS One, 14(10), e0223994. 10.1371/journal.pone.0223994 cascading citation expansion

  • Chen, C. (2020) A Glimpse of the First Eight Months of the COVID-19 Literature on Microsoft Academic Graph: Themes, Citation Contexts, and Uncertainties. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 5:607286. 10.3389/frma.2020.607286 citation contexts; uncertainties

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