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Citation Distance: Measuring Knowledge Translation, Integration, Diffusion & Scope

Authors: Ryan Whalen; Noshir Contractor;

Citation Distance: Measuring Knowledge Translation, Integration, Diffusion & Scope

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We propose citation measures that weight the relationships between publications based on their semantic similarity. Measuring the semantic similarity between over 5 million patents and over 52 million citations, we define and demonstrate four distinct metrics that measure: knowledge translation, knowledge integration, knowledge diffusion, and knowledge scope. Applying these measures provides novel empirical demonstrations of how the research environment has changed in recent decades, showing that researchers have drawn from increasingly distant knowledge sources, and that knowledge diffusion has occurred at an ever-accelerating pace. These citation distance measures show substantial promise in furthering our understanding of the research process and improving our assessment of scientific impact. Nous proposons des mesures de citation capables de mesurer les relations entre les publications en fonction de leur similarité sémantique. En mesurant la similarité sémantique entre plus de 5 millions de brevets et plus de 52 millions de citations, nous définissons et démontrons quatre métriques qui permettent de mesurer le transfert des connaissances, l'intégration de connaissances, la diffusion des connaissances, et la portée des connaissances. L'application de ces mesures démontre de façon empirique la façon dont l'environnement de recherche a changé au cours des dernières décennies, montrant que les chercheurs utilisent des sources de connaissances de plus en plus éloignées sémantiquement, et que la diffusion des connaissances se produit à un rythme toujours plus rapide. Ces mesures de distance de citation contribuent à meilleure compréhension du processus de recherche et à l'amélioration de notre évaluation de l'impact scientifique.

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selected citations
These citations are derived from selected sources.
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
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popularity
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!
influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Influence provided by BIP!
impulse
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Impulse provided by BIP!
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