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Table 5.7 Data for the bibliographic coupling and cocitation problem
Articles

A B C D
E A A A
F C K B
G E E E
H F F F
G
K

Table 5.8 Solution of the bibliographic coupling problem
Pair Bibl. coupling Relative bibl. coupling
A-B 2 2/6
A-C 2 2/6
A-D 3 3/7
B-C 3 3/5
B-D 3 3/7
C-D 4 4/6

Source: data in Table 5.7.

Table 5.9 Solution of the cocitation problem
Pair Cocit Rel cocit Pair Cocit Rel cocit
A-B 1 1/3 C-F 1 1/4
A-C 1 1/3 C-G 0 0/2
A-E 3 3/4 C-H 0 0/2
A-F 3 3/4 C-K 0 0/3
A-G 1 1/4 E-F 4 4/4
A-H 0 0/4 E-G 2 2/4
A-K 2 2/3 E-H 1 1/4
B-C 0 0/2 E-K 2 2/4
B-E 1 1/4 F-G 2 2/4
B-F 1 1/4 F-H 1 1/4
B-G 1 1/2 F-K 2 2/4
B-H 0 0/2 G-H 1 1/2
B-K 1 1/2 G-K 1 1/3
C-E 1 1/4 H-K 0 0/3
Source: data in Table 5.7.

is older than C); C belongs to the reference list of B (and hence is older
than B) and B is in the reference list of D.
Bibliographic coupling results are shown in Table 5.8.
Result for cocitation frequencies are shown in Table 5.9.