Title
Understanding the topic evolution in a scientific domain: An exploratory study for the field of information retrieval.
Abstract
•The temporal popularity and the turning points of major topics in the field of Information Retrieval (IR).•The evolving dynamics of the field including the splitting and merging of topics, knowledge transfer between topics, and the developing status of the major topics.•The migration of words in associate with the topic evolution and the three types of word migration.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1016/j.joi.2017.10.003
Journal of Informetrics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Topic evolution,Semantic word shifts,Content analysis
Data science,Data mining,Content analysis,Information retrieval,Computer science,Knowledge transfer,Communication channel,Merge (version control),Exploratory research
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
11
4
1751-1577
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.63
15
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Baitong Chen1121.00
Satoshi Tsutsui2205.84
Ying Ding32396144.65
Feicheng Ma4939.70