Assortative mixing, preferential attachment, and triadic closure: A longitudinal study of tie-generative mechanisms in journal citation networks
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Highlights：
• ERGM is adopted to uncover tie-generation mechanisms in journal citation networks.
• Journals prefer to form citation links with those from the same discipline.
• Journals prefer to form citation links with those with similar publication foci.
• Journals prefer to attach citation links to those with greater influence.
• Triadic closure mechanism can facilitate citation links formation among journals.
摘要
•ERGM is adopted to uncover tie-generation mechanisms in journal citation networks.•Journals prefer to form citation links with those from the same discipline.•Journals prefer to form citation links with those with similar publication foci.•Journals prefer to attach citation links to those with greater influence.•Triadic closure mechanism can facilitate citation links formation among journals.
论文关键词：Homophily,Preferential attachment,Triadic closure,ERGM
论文评审过程：Received 13 December 2014, Revised 2 February 2015, Accepted 2 February 2015, Available online 19 February 2015.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2015.02.002
