Using Network Embedding to Obtain a Richer and More Stable Network Layout for a Large Scale Bibliometric Network

• 作者: Ting Chen Guopeng Li Qiping Deng Xiaomei Wang
• 来源期刊: 数据与情报科学学报:英文版
• 学科: 工学
• 关键词: SCIENTOMETRICS Visualization Essential science indicators Bibliometric networks Network embedding Science mapping
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 154-177
• 页数: 24页
• 分类号: TP3

摘要

Purpose: The goal of this study is to explore whether deep learning based embed ded models can provide a better visualization solution for large citation networks. De sign/methodology/approach: Our team compared the visualization approach borrowed from the deep learning community with the well-known bibliometric network visualization for large scale data. 47,294 highly cited papers were visualized by using three network embedding models plus the t-SNE dimensionality reduction technique. Besides, three base maps were created with the same dataset for evaluation purposes. All base maps used the classic Open Ord method with different edge cutting strategies and parameters. Findings: The network embedded maps with t-SNE preserve a very similar global structure to the full edges classic force-directed map, while the maps vary in local structure. Among them, the Node2Vec model has the best overall visualization performance, the local structure has been significantly improved and the maps' layout has very high stability.Research limitations: The computational and time costs of training are very high for network em bedded models to obtain high dimensional latent vector. Only one dimensionality reduction technique was tested. Practical implications: This paper demonstrates that the network embedding models are able to accurately reconstruct the large bibliometric network in the vector space. In the future, apart from network visualization, many classical vector-based machine learning algorithms can be applied to network representations for solving bibliomet ric analysis tasks. Originality/value: This paper provides the first systematic comparison of classical science mapping visualization with network embedding based visualization on a large scale dataset. We showed deep learning based network embedding model with t-SNE can provide a richer,more stable science map. We also designed a practical evaluation method to investigate and compare maps.