Research on Authors' Co-authoring Relationship in the Field of Library and Information Based on Social Network Analysis
Co-authorship analysis has always been an important subject in the field of library and information science. In this paper, the author uses the relative scientific method of social network analysis to analyze the co-authorship in the field of library and information science. China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI) collects nearly 15 years' data from 2002 to 2016, and constructs a co-author matrix. From the point of view of the degree centrality, the betweenness centrality and the closeness centrality, the author makes an analysis of the situation of co-authorship in the field of library and information. Through this study, its significance lies in exploration of the authors' cooperative relationship and reasons in the field of library and information science, so as to promote the exchange of knowledge and speed up the discipline development.
library and informationsocial network analysisco-authorcentrality