Visual topical analysis of Chinese and American Library and Information Science research institutions

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Highlights：

• We illustrate how to use the SOM to analyze the research fields of institutions.

• A novel SOM display named Compound Component Plane (CCP) was presented and applied.

• 87 Chinese/American LIS institutions and the technical fields were studied.

• Potential international and domestic collaborators were identified.

• The swarm institutions, pivots and landmarks were defined and identified.

摘要

•We illustrate how to use the SOM to analyze the research fields of institutions.•A novel SOM display named Compound Component Plane (CCP) was presented and applied.•87 Chinese/American LIS institutions and the technical fields were studied.•Potential international and domestic collaborators were identified.•The swarm institutions, pivots and landmarks were defined and identified.

论文关键词：Self-Organizing Map,Compound Component Plane,Topical analysis,Research institution

论文评审过程：Received 31 January 2013, Revised 1 November 2013, Accepted 4 December 2013, Available online 25 December 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.12.002