Usage Count: A New Indicator to Detect Research Fronts

Abstract

Research fronts build on recent work, but using times cited as a traditional indicator to detect research fronts will inevitably result in a certain time lag. This study attempts to explore the effects of usage count as a new indicator to detect research fronts in shortening the time lag of classic indicators in research fronts detection.

Keywords

• research front
• citation analysis
• usage count
• times cited