Jiàoyù zīliào yǔ túshūguǎn xué (Jun 2012)
台灣社會學門專業期刊間引用網絡之結構分析 A Network Analysis of Inter-Journal Citations of Sociology Journals in Taiwan
Abstract
本研究探索二十種台灣社會門專業期刊引用網絡位置和階層化關係的變遷,且將社會學門專業期刊間的引用行為視為專業社會學社群期刊組織間的引用行為。我們仰賴社會網絡分析作為研究方法,資料分析上先是建構2001~2006年社會學門期刊在三個不同時間下(1993~1996、1997~2000與2001~2004)的引用網絡,描述網絡的變遷;接著分析期刊組織間的結構相似(structuralequivalence)與位置與角色分析(positionalandroleanalysis)。研究發現顯示:第一,在時間變化下,歸類為社會學專業的期刊具有高度的被引用度集中性(degreecentrality)。第二,社會學門專業期刊期刊根據引用網絡而分類出不同的結構位置,屬於社會學專業的期刊組織是具有首要優勢(primaryposition)的位置,同時歸類為社會工作與社會福利的期刊組織已有獨立的內部引用網絡連結。This study explores structures of citation networks of Taiwan sociology journals, conceiving these citation networks as the citation behavior of inter-sociology journals in the professional sociology community. We investigate the structural changes in numbers and density of citations and formations of subgroups over time. The data set covers 20 Taiwan sociology journals between 2001 and 2006 and traces their citations of sociology journals from 1993 to 2006. We demonstrate our results by visualizing the citation networks and then employing structural equivalence, blockmodeling and positional and role analysis to analyze different blocks and roles. This research indicates two major findings: (1) The centrality of core professional sociology journals in the citation networks has been rising over time. (2) The primary position is composed of core professional sociology journals. Additionally, the journals of social work and social welfare cite each other within their own subfields.
