论文标题
如何调查中国研究领域的历史根源和发展？使用rootcite的Imetrics案例研究
How to Investigate the Historical Roots and Evolution of Research Fields in China? A Case Study on iMetrics Using RootCite
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论文摘要
本文旨在通过扩展参考出版年度光谱法（RPY）来研究中国研究领域的历史根源和发展的方法。开源软件Rootcite接受了科学网络和中国社会科学引文指数（CSSCI）的原始数据，是使用Python开发的。我们将Imetrics作为研究案例。 5,141个中国Imetrics与73,376个未赋予的引用参考文献（CR）的出版物，使用rootcite分析了CSSCI。结果表明，该领域的第一个CR可以追溯到1882年并用英语写。但是该领域的大多数CR（64.2％）是中国出版物。在1900年至2017年期间，指的是17个指涉及18幅开创性作品（英语为13件作品（13件），中文为5个）。该领域与英国世界中的同一根源有着相同的根源，但具有其自身的特征，然后由英国和中国的贡献塑造。中国五部作品在该领域的历史进化路径中扮演着不可替代和积极的角色，这不应忽略，尤其是对于该领域的发展。这项研究表明，根cite如何帮助识别中国研究领域的起源和演变的任务，这对于扩展其他语言国家的RPY可能很有价值。
This paper aimed to provide an approach to investigate the historical roots and evolution of research fields in China by extending the reference publication year spectroscopy (RPYS). RootCite, an open source software accepts raw data from both the Web of Science and the China Social Science Citation Index (CSSCI), was developed using python. We took iMetrics in China as the research case. 5,141 Chinese iMetrics related publications with 73,376 non-distinct cited references (CR) collected from the CSSCI were analyzed using RootCite. The results showed that the first CR in the field can be dated back to 1882 and written in English; but the majority (64.2%) of the CR in the field were Chinese publications. 17 peaks referring to 18 seminal works (13 in English and 5 in Chinese) were located during the period from 1900 to 2017. The field shared the same roots with that in the English world but has its own characteristics, and it was then shaped by contributions from both the English world and China. The five Chinese works have played irreplaceable and positive roles in the historical evolutionary path of the field, which should not be ignored, especially for the evolution of the field. This research demonstrated how RootCite aided the task of identifying the origin and evolution of research fields in China, which could be valuable for extending RPYS for countries with other languages.
