A citation network is a directed graph that represents the citations between documents, where nodes are documents and edges are citations. This structure is crucial for understanding the flow of information, identifying influential works, and analyzing the impact and evolution of scientific fields.

Citation Network

citation network

A directed graph, or digraph, is a set of vertices connected by edges, where the edges have a direction associated with them, indicating a one-way relationship between the vertices. This structure is widely used in computer science and mathematics to model relationships like web page links, social media networks, and dependency graphs in software projects.

directed graph

citations between documents

nodes are documents

edges are citations

flow of information

influential works

Impact of scientific fields

evolution of scientific fields

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