Networks of scientific papers: A comparative analysis of co-citation, bibliographic coupling and direct citation

Citation analysis studies are uaed to find pattem of networking among sclent.ilic papers. The comparative merits of the three techniques, namely, direct citation, cocltatlon and blbllographic coupttng have been d iacusaed In this paper. A pattern of networking, Ilslng tJle C'O-c-itatibn mode, la presented from a sample of papers publ lshed in the Soviet periodical Gellotekhnika, The co-citation la eatabllshed aa the most 8ultable technique for netv.'orking,