Paper Info
Title
The development of social network analysis research in mainland China: a literature review perspective
Abstract
Social Network Analysis (SNA) has been introduced to mainland China since the end of last century. Now it is a hot research field and can also be applied to study other disciplines as a research method or analysis tool. It is often stated that SNA research has experienced rapid growth in mainland China these years, but few studies have been conducted to prove the statement. This paper aims at exploring the research status and development of SNA in mainland China by a critical assessment of journal articles. Through selecting papers from China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJFD), a literature review is conducted to get an overview framework about SNA research both as a research object and a method in mainland China by bibliometric analysis and classification scheme based approach. Finally a discussion is made from the systematical data analysis, and an interesting finding is that the iSchool community in mainland China plays a leading role in the SNA related researches. Furthermore, some implications are put forward to explore how SNA can be applied to or fit with the IS-related disciplines or topics in the future.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1940761.1940802
iConference 2011
Keywords
Field
DocType
mainland china,research object,analysis tool,bibliometric analysis,hot research field,sna research,social network analysis research,china academic journals full-text,literature review perspective,research status,systematical data analysis,research method,data analysis,social network analysis,classification scheme
Research method,Social network analysis,Research Object,China,Classification scheme,Operations research,Mainland China,Regional science,Geography
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.43
12
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yuxiang Zhao1838.01
Qinghua Zhu221918.95
Kewen Wu3544.33