Information Diffusion in Computer Science Citation Networks

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dc.creatorShi, Xiaolin
dc.creatorTseng, Belle
dc.creatorAdamic, Lada A.
dc.date2009-05-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:15:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:15:52Z
dc.descriptionThe paper citation network is a traditional social medium for the exchange of ideas and knowledge. In this paper we view citation networks from the perspective of information diffusion. We study the structural features of the information paths through the citation networks of publications in computer science, and analyze the impact of various citation choices on the subsequent impact of the article. We find that citing recent papers and papers within the same scholarly community garners a slightly larger number of citations on average. However, this correlation is weaker among well-cited papers implying that for high impact work citing within one's field is of lesser importance. We also study differences in information flow for specific subsets of citation networks: books versus conference and journal articles, different areas of computer science, and different time periods.
dc.descriptionlong version of poster published at ICWSM 2009
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2636
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2636
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/230609
dc.subjectDigital Libraries
dc.subjectComputers and Society
dc.subjectH.3.4; H.2.8
dc.titleInformation Diffusion in Computer Science Citation Networks
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