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 Nephrology Publications of Bibliographic Coupling and Co-authorship Network using
VOS viewer: A Scientometric Profile

Dr. Chandran Velmurugan

Librarian and Head

Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute (MMCH & RI),
Kanchipuram - 631 552, Chennai. Tamilnadu, India.
Email: [email protected]

and

Dr. G. Ramasamy
Librarian
Hindustan College of Arts & Science, Padur,
Chennai-603 103, Tamilnadu, India
Email: [email protected]

ABSTRACT

The study has made an attempt to explore the co-authorship network and bibliographic coupling
with institutions, authors and countries based on the research output of Nephrology. Using the
Web of Science core collection citation database from the Clarivate Analytics, a total number of
2626 literature found by the researcher and the total citations in global level was 11, 993 and the
total cited references were 84, 129 and the total authors was 10, 846, total number of core
journals was 595 and institutions (3494), Institution with subdivision (6630), and 108 total
countries were participated in the study. The scientometric indicators and computer software
applied for the present study to retrieve appropriate results on Nephrology research such as
Average citation per paper (ACPP), Exponential growth rate (EGR), VOS viewer mapping
software, HistCite software, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word to bring out fruitful results.

Keywords: Nephrology, Bibliographic Coupling, Co-authorship Network, VOS viewer,

Scientometrics, Bibliometrics

BACKGROUND

Scientometrics is the popular metric study connected with publication analysis using various
quantitative and qualitative techniques and other statistical tools and methods. Bibliographic
coupling is one of the topics in scientometric study in Library and Information Science.
Bibliographic coupling is used to identify a similarity measure like co-citation to establish a
similarity relationship between research publications. Bibliographic coupling occurs when two
works reference a common third work in their bibliographies. Bibliographic coupling is used in a
wide variety of subjects and fields, and it helps researchers find related research done in the past
(1). In 1973, Kessler devised the term Bibliographic coupling is “to know the number of common
references cited in two articles and represents the degree of similarity of contents of the cited
item or paper”. Bibliographic coupling network can be built for various units of analysis like
authors, journals and scientific publications whereas Co-authorship networks can be made for
various units of analysis such as authors, productive countries, and organizations using full and
fractional counting. In 1973, Small (1973, 1985) introduced the concept of co-citation analysis to
map the clusters of related documents. He defined as, “the number times the two papers are cited
together in subsequent literature determines the co-citation strength of the two cited papers”.

Nephrology is the up-and-coming thrust area in medicine which is associated with kidney. The
phrase “Nephrology” derived from Greek word ‘nephros’ means ‘kidney’, combined with the
suffix -logy, means “the study of” is a specialty of medicine and pediatrics that concerns itself
with the kidneys and it is associated with the study of normal kidney function and kidney
disease, the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and
medication to renal replacement therapy (Wikipedia). According to Science.org website, the
word “nephrology” pronounced for the first time in a conference which was held on from 1st to
4th September 1960 at the "Premier Congress International de Néphrologie" in Evian and Geneva
during the first meeting of the International Society of Nephrology (https://www.science.
org.au/). In this present study, researcher tried to identify the Bibliographic coupling and co-
authorship networks of scientific publications in the field of Nephrology during the period
between 2014 and 2018.

RELATED WORK

A number of studies have been conducted in the field of Medicine but there are few studies
carried out in the topic on Nephrology. Velmurugan (2018) analyzed the research out of
Nephrology to examine the various aspects and found regarding document type and language
wise distribution, ranking of Journals, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration and most
productive keywords during 2011-2016. He found United States had ranked the first publishing
scientific papers and followed by Italy ranked the second. He also noted the highest papers were
found in the year 2014 and the research articles had ranked first position among other medium of
communication. O’Connor; Nason and O’Brien (2017) examined to find out the Ireland’s
contribution to urology and nephrology research in the new millennium by way of bibliometric
analysis. They identified that the Ireland’s contribution of research publications were very low
(0.51%) compare with global output in the research of urology and nephrology. Sweileh et al
(2014) investigated a study to analyze the research performance in the field of urology and
nephrology in Arab countries through bibliometric techniques. They found 3076 research output
in urology and nephrology subject from 104 core journals. Based on the results, they suggested
that more efforts were needed through some other Arab countries to bridge the gap in the field of
urology and nephrology. Moreover, in the field of Nephrology (1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2012),
Urology and Nephrology (2003, 2012) and Chronic kidney (1972, 2004, 2012) had conducted
already in different countries by different researchers and eminent scholars throughout the globe.
METHODS

The data retrieved in the present study were based on the ISI Web of Science, which is one of the
global level largest citation databases of peer reviewed publications. The search keywords
“Nephrology” phrase used and selected in the field of topic and the time span was from 2013 to
2018 as six years period of study. Using the Web of Science core collection from the Clarivate
Analytics, a total number of 2626 literature found by the researcher and the total citations in
global level was 11, 993 and the total cited references were 84, 129 and the total authors was 10,
846, total number of core journals was 595 and institutions (3494), Institution with subdivision
(6630), and 108 total countries were participated in the study. Further, the database counted a
total number of publications, total number of citations, and their value of ACPP (Average
citation per paper) and Exponential growth rate (ECR) to measure the quantifying research
performance. Data of nephrology was exported to HistCite software and then transferred to
Microsoft Word for further analysis. Moreover, VOS viewer software used for data visualization
in terms of co-authorship with authors, institutions, and countries, and Bibliographic coupling
with authors, institutions, and countries.

OBJECTIVES

The main objective was to identify the co-authorship network and bibliographic coupling with
institutions, authors and countries based on the research output of Nephrology. The other
objectives were:

❖ To find out the various kinds of medium of publications

❖ To explore the year-wise contribution of literature
❖ To know about the language wise contribution
❖ To investigate the collaborative research in the field of Nephrology
❖ To observe the total link strength of each item of Nephrology

INDICATORS AND SOFTWARE

The following scientometric indicators and computer software applied for the present study to
retrieve appropriate results on Nephrology research.

❖ Average citation per paper (ACPP)

❖ Exponential growth rate (EGR)
❖ VOS viewer mapping software
❖ HistCite software
❖ Microsoft Excel and
❖ Microsoft Word
ANALYSIS

1. Medium of Communication

Communication is the unique characteristics to share information to right person to right way in
right time. As far as the publications concerned, the medium of communication has varied
depends upon the nature of publications. Here, there are 11 types of manuscripts found through
the nephrology literature. Table 1 discusses the medium type, total records, and their share and
total citations in global level and even average citation per paper also evaluated. Out of 2626
publications, a large amount of 1826 (69.5%) articles were research papers and its total global
citations were 9151 and its average citation per paper was 5.01. The next productive medium of
communication was review papers with 304 (11.6%), and its average citation per paper was 7.35
followed by Editorial Materials (8.8%) and Meeting Abstracts (6.3%). The other items were
below hundred of records and the results show that original research articles were predominant
and the researchers and scientists preferred to publish research papers rather than other items like
reviews etc.

Table.1. Medium of Communication

S. No Medium Type Total Records Total Percent TGCS ACPP
1 Articles 1826 69.5 9151 5.01
2 Reviews 304 11.6 2234 7.35
3 Editorial Materials 231 8.8 461 1.99
4 Meeting Abstracts 165 6.3 1 0.006
5 Letters 41 1.6 31 0.75
6 Article; Proceedings Papers 25 1.0 70 2.80
7 News Items 11 0.4 14 1.27
8 Biographical-Items 9 0.3 2 0.22
9 Corrections 9 0.3 1 0.11
10 Article; Book Chapters 3 0.1 18 6.00
11 Review; Book Chapters 2 0.1 10 5.00
Total 2626 100 11993 4.57

2. Growth of publications

Researchers scrutinized the chorology wise publication share during 2013-2018. They have
measured different ways like total records, total local citation score, total global citation score,
Exponential growth rate and average citation per paper etc. Table 2 (Ch.1) indicates that out of
2626 literature output, the vast amount of research articles published in 2016 and the least
amount of papers published in 2013. They have also evaluated an average citation per paper and
found the range was from 0.27 to 8.11 and the highest average citation per paper was 8.11 in
2013 with 382 (14.6%), and its global citation score was 3098. As far as the exponential growth
rate concerned, 1.18 was the highest rate by both years 2015 and 2018 respectively. The analysis
shows that there is a fluctuation trend in the growth of publications on Nephrology during 2013-
2018.
 Table.2. Growth of publications
S. No Year Records Percent TLCS* TGCS* EGR* ACPP
1 2013 382 14.6 365 3098 - 8.11
2 2014 400 15.3 411 2879 1.05 7.19
3 2015 473 18.0 306 3304 1.18 6.98
4 2016 510 19.5 185 1797 1.07 3.52
5 2017 395 14.8 88 789 0.77 1.99
6 2018 466 17.8 23 126 1.17 0.27
Total 2626 100 1378 11993 5.25 4.57
*TLCS – Total Local Citation Score, *TGCS – Total Global Citation Score,
*EGR – Exponential Growth Rate

Chart 01. Exponential Growth Rate

Exponential growth is a specific way that the quantity may increase over time. It occurs when the
instantaneous rate of change of a quantity with respect to time is proportional to the quantity
itself (Wikipedia, 2020). Here, Exponential Growth Rate has also measured and found in
nephrology research publications between 2013 and 2018. Researchers identified the highest
growth rate was 1.18 during 2015 with 473 scientific papers and also noted that the Exponential
Growth Rate was found to be 5.25. It also calculated the exponential growth rate using Microsoft
Excel (Chart.1) and found the y value is 392.4e0.029x and R² value is 0.216. It shows that the
increasing trend in the field of Nephrology over the period of study.

3. Distribution by Verbal Communication

Verbal communication is a part and parcel in our day today life. This is an essential indicator in
the field of Library and Information Science, particularly in Scientometrics in order to determine
the highest growth of papers published in which language and country. Here, researchers
examined the language wise publication productivity and its share of publications and an average
citation per paper in Nephrology research. Table 00 illustrates that out of 12 languages, the
greatest number of 2387 literature output (91.0%) published in English language as expected.
The next productive papers (120) were published in Spanish language, and followed by French
with 63 (2.3%) publications. The papers below 5 published by Russian, Italian, Serbian, Korean,
Turkish and Rumanian languages and shows that the language people were not aware about the
literature trend and publication growth.

Table 3. Distribution by Verbal Communication

Language Total Total Total Average Citation
Records Percent Citations Per Paper
English 2387 91.0 11713 4.91
Spanish 120 4.6 228 1.90
French 63 2.3 23 0.36
German 30 1.1 17 0.56
Portuguese 6 0.2 3 0.5
Polish 5 0.2 3 0.6
Russian 4 0.2 0 0
Italian 3 0.1 0 0
Serbian 3 0.1 1 0.33
Korean 2 0.1 3 1.50
Turkish 2 0.1 2 1.00
Rumanian 1 0.0 0 0
Total 2626 100 11996 0.97

4. Co-authorship network with authors

Table 4 (M.1) points out the authors’ network visualization mapping of co-authorship network in
Nephrology research. A total of 10, 872 prolific authors produced 2626 papers, and the
maximum number of authors per paper was 25 and the minimum number of 5 with full counting
method used. Out of 10872, only 181 authors met the thresholds. Here, there were 1555 total link
strength and thirteen clusters with 161 items, in which cluster 1 (26 items), cluster 2 (23 items),
cluster 3 (20 items), cluster 4 (17 items), cluster 5 (14 items), cluster 6 (13 items), cluster 7 (11
items), cluster 8 (10 items), cluster 9 (8 items), cluster 10 (6 items), cluster 11,12 and 13 (each 5
items). It is witnessed that a number of 27 articles of “Jager, Kitty, J” and WITH 98 total link
strength and “Sinha, Manish D” have 83 total link strength with 16 articles found through
analysis. It represents that the authors involved in this research had a strong collaboration each
other in producing research publications.
 Table. 4. Co-authorship network with authors

Mapping. 1. Co-authorship network with authors

5. Co-authorship network with countries

Based on the data, full counting co-authorship network has been counted using VOSviewer
software. In mapping, each circle denotes a country and the dimension of the circle characterize
the number of scientific publications of corresponding countries in the field of Nephrology. The
range between circles shows the potency of co-authorship link between the corresponding
countries whereas the nearer two circles are situated to each other, the stronger the co-authorship
link connecting the countries.

Table 5 (M.2) represents that the data visualization of the countries which were involved in this
Nephrology research using full counting records. A total of 112 countries produced 2626
publications, and the maximum number of countries per document was 25 selected and the
minimum number of 5 countries was selected, and 61 countries met the threshold level. In this
mapping, there were seven clusters with 61 items, cluster 1 (22 items), cluster 2 (20 items),
cluster 3 (7 items), cluster 4 and 5 (each 4 items), cluster 6 and 7 (each 2 items. It is evident that
United States had 428 total link strength with 869 articles and followed by Italy had 395 total
link strength with 217 papers. It is also measured the countries with the greatest total link
strength has been calculated as 2729. The results showed that United States had raked first as
more number of papers co-authored with other scientists and scholars and it indicates their
relationship in Nephrology research.

Table.5. Co-authorship network with countries

Mapping. 2. Co-authorship network with countries

6. Bibliographic Coupling with Sources

It explains the source based network visualization mapping of bibliographic coupling on

Nephrology publications. A total of 595 prolific sources produced research articles, and the
minimum number of 5 with full counting method was selected, and only 63 sources met the
thresholds. For each of the 63 sources, the total strength of the bibliographic coupling links with
other sources has been calculated. The sources of this research, the greatest total link strength
(TLS) was calculated and found 46716 TLS and 7 clusters with 63 items.

Here, there were seven clusters and the first cluster 1 (16 items), cluster 2 (14 items), cluster 3
(14 items), cluster 4 (7 items), cluster 5 (6 items), cluster 6 (5 items), and cluster 7 with one item.
It shows that the maximum number of total link strength was 10017 with 140 articles with 1324
citations by the source journal of “Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology” and
ranked first and followed by “American Journal of Kidney Diseases” ranked second with 9787
TLS with 145 research articles. It depicts that the two source journals had a strong collaboration
each other in publishing scholarly papers (Table 6, M.3).

Table.6. Bibliographic Coupling with Sources

 Mapping. 3. Bibliographic Coupling with Sources

7. Bibliographic Coupling with authors

Table 7 (M.4) display the authors’ density visualization mapping of bibliographic coupling on
Nephrology research. A total of 10872 prolific authors produced research papers, and the
minimum number of 5 with full counting method was selected, and only 181 authors met the
thresholds. Here, there were 1, 34, 153 total link strength and ten clusters with 181 items, in
which cluster 1 (42 items), cluster 2 (32 items), cluster 3 (27 items), cluster 4 (23 items), cluster
5 (15 items), cluster 6 (13 items), cluster 7 (10 items), cluster 8 (9 items), cluster 9 (6 items) and
cluster 10 (4 items). For each of the 181 authors, the total strength of the bibliographic coupling
links with other authors has been calculated. It is witnessed that a number of 16 articles of “de
nicola, luca” and “minutola, roberto” both coupled 5769 times and shows as total link strength
and followed by 15 research publications of “conte, giuseppe” coupled 5608 times. Therefore,
the above authors had a strong collaboration among them in producing research publications.
 Table. 7. Bibliographic Coupling with authors

Mapping. 4. Authors density visualization of bibliographic coupling

8. Bibliographic Coupling with Organizations

Table 8 (M.5) shows the mapping of bibliographic coupling with institutions on Nephrology
research. A total of 323 institutions involved producing research output, and the minimum
number of 5 organizations was selected, and 323 institutions met the threshold level. In this
mapping, there were 5, 45, 681 total link strength and eight clusters with 323 documents, in
which cluster 1with 79 items and cluster 2 with 65 items, cluster 3 with 54 items, cluster 4 with
42 items, and cluster 5 with 35 items and cluster 6 with 26 items, cluster 7 with 16 and cluster 8
with 6 items. For each of the 323 institutions, the total strength of the bibliographic coupling
links with other institutions has been calculated. It is evident that the majority of 61 articles of
“University of Toronto” coupled 27, 401 times and shows as total link strength and followed by
43 research publications of “University of Alberta” coupled 23, 765 times. Therefore, both
institutions had a good relationship in terms of scholarly publications.
 Table. 8. Bibliographic Coupling with Organizations

Mapping. 5. Bibliographic Coupling with Organizations

9. Bibliographic Coupling with countries

Table 9 (M.6) indicates the mapping of bibliographic coupling with countries on Nephrology
research. A total of 112 countries participated to publish publications, and the minimum number
of 5 countries was selected, and 61 countries met the threshold level. In this mapping, there were
five clusters with 61 items, cluster 1and 2 with 24 items, cluster 3 with 10 items, cluster 4 with 2
items, and cluster 5 with only one item. For each of the 61 countries, the total strength of the
bibliographic coupling links with other countries has been measured. It is seen from the below
table that more than 10, 000 (Scotland) total link strength to 95, 436 (United States) total link
strength. It shows a huge amount of 95, 436 times coupled with 869 documents with 5, 330
citations in United States and followed by 49, 215 times coupled with 217 documents with 1, 657
citations by Italy. It is also measured the countries with the greatest total link strength has been
calculated as 3, 37, 602. It determines that both countries cited more papers to strengthen their
relationship in Nephrology research.

Table. 9. Bibliographic Coupling with countries

Mapping 6. Bibliographic Coupling with countries

Findings

❖ It is examined that an average citation per paper in Nephrology research and found the
highest average citation per paper was 8.11 in 2013.

❖ The majority of the exponential growth rate (1.18) which was the highest rate by both
years 2015 and 2018 respectively.

❖ It is found that the greatest number of 2387 literature output (91.0%) published in English
language.

❖ The maximum number of total link strength was 10017 with 140 articles with 1324
citations by the source journal of “Clinical Journal of the American Society of
Nephrology” and ranked first and followed by “American Journal of Kidney Diseases”
ranked second with 9787 TLS with 145 research articles.

❖ The major portion of 16 articles of “de nicola, luca” and “minutola, roberto” both coupled
5769 times and shows as total link strength and followed by 15 research publications of
“conte, giuseppe” coupled 5608 times.

❖ It is found that the majority of 61 articles of “University of Toronto” coupled 27, 401
times and shows as total link strength and followed by 43 research publications of
“University of Alberta” coupled 23, 765 times.

❖ It noted a huge amount of 95, 436 times coupled with 869 documents with 5, 330
citations in United States and followed by 49, 215 times coupled with 217 documents
with 1, 657 citations by Italy.

Conclusion

Citation analysis is one of the most effective indictor in scholarly research. According to Gooden
(2001), citation analysis is “an excellent way to determine the information resources that
researchers use in a field, the volume of research in the area, and the patterns of citation and
authorship”. Citation analysis is used as guide for researchers, information scientists, librarians
and other professionals on how to support research in the course of acquisition of the core
journals and to know about the most prolific authors in LIS field. Meho (2007) pointed out that
citation analysis is “a branch of information science in which researchers study the way articles
in a scholarly field are accessed and referenced by others.” The present study focuses on the
bibliographic coupling and collaborative research by way of VOSViewer visualization mapping
software. This software has been applied to identify the co-authorship network and bibliographic
coupling with institutions, authors and countries based on the research output of Nephrology. So,
we can suggest that this study will help to nephrology professionals to know the collaborative
work and ideas of others. People also count citations of a paper as an indication of how
significant or influential the paper has. Moreover, this study will tremendously useful to know
about the amount of research made by researchers which strengthens their work by through
outside support.
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