Bibliometric and social network analysis of the SoS field

Author

Guang-rong You ; Xiao Sun ; Min Sun ; Ji-min Wang ; Ying-wu Chen

Author_Institution

Key Lab. on Complex Syst. Simulation, Beijing Inst. of Syst. Eng., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

9-13 June 2014

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

18

Abstract

This exploratory work combines bibliometric methods and social network analysis to provide a knowledge map on the development of system of systems research field. For this purpose, the study mined the published articles related to system of systems until 2012 indexed by Web of Knowledge platform including SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, CPCI-S, and other scientific literature databases. The auctorial, institutional, national patterns in system of systems research are revealed using bibliometric methods. Social network analysis is used to discover relationships between authors and key terms in the research field. Based on this quantitative analysis, the study found the influential journals, key researchers, leading institutions and countries, and major research areas in system of systems research field. Last, suggestions are made on the future development of system of systems field.

Keywords

data mining; database indexing; social networking (online); systems engineering; CPCI-S database; SCI-EXPANDED database; SSCI database; SoS Field; Web of Knowledge platform; article indexing; article mining; auctorial pattern; author-key term relationships; bibliometric methods; institutional pattern; knowledge map; national pattern; quantitative analysis; social network analysis; system of systems research field; Bibliometrics; Collaboration; Conferences; Educational institutions; Modeling; Social network services; bibliometrics; knowledge map; social network analysis; system of systems; system of systems engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System of Systems Engineering (SOSE), 2014 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Adelade, SA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SYSOSE.2014.6892456

Filename

6892456