Research dynamics: Measuring the continuity and popularity of research topics

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Highlights：

• This paper uses topic continuity and popularity to examine topic dynamic characteristics.

• Topics with rising popularity tend to be concentrating ones.

• Topics with declining popularity tend to be diluting ones.

• Web information retrieval, bibiliometrics, and health science are the most popular topics.

• h-index, online communities, social media, and web analysis are emerging topics.

摘要

•This paper uses topic continuity and popularity to examine topic dynamic characteristics.•Topics with rising popularity tend to be concentrating ones.•Topics with declining popularity tend to be diluting ones.•Web information retrieval, bibiliometrics, and health science are the most popular topics.•h-index, online communities, social media, and web analysis are emerging topics.

论文关键词：Topic analysis,Networks,Popularity,Continuity,Dynamics

论文评审过程：Received 23 July 2013, Revised 26 October 2013, Accepted 29 October 2013, Available online 23 November 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.10.010