The use of OpenAlex to produce meaningful bibliometric global overlay maps of science on the individual, institutional, and national levels.

ABSTRACT: The Social Systems Citations Theory (SSCT) is the most recent theory of citations integrating previous theories. It focuses on communications in science that are formally manifested as publications and citations in scientific communication networks. These networks can be observed and empirically studied by using science maps. Science maps typically visualize networks of communication elements such as key words, cited references, and subject areas. In this study, a procedure to create global overlay maps using OpenAlex is proposed. It is an important advantage of OpenAlex publication and citation data that they are freely available. Overlay maps visualize how the overlaid data (e.g., research of an institution) are positioned in the whole science system (the base map). Six different base ma

SUBMITTER: Haunschild R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620457 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature