Towards the assessment of mapping knowledge domains

Yi BuDepartment of Information Management, Peking University, Center for Informationalization and Information Management Research, Peking University, Center for Digital Intelligence Science and Education Research, Peking University Chongqing Research Institute of Big Data

Journal of Information Science

Published online on April 15, 2025

Abstract

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Mapping knowledge domains is of importance to understand how a discipline develops and how publications, authors, journals and/or affiliations relate to each other in the discipline. Yet, maps without rigorous assessment cannot offer convincing evidence ...