IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/jamist/v64y2013i7p1468-1479.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

On the use of biplot analysis for multivariate bibliometric and scientific indicators

Author

Listed:
  • Daniel Torres‐Salinas
  • Nicolás Robinson‐García
  • Evaristo Jiménez‐Contreras
  • Francisco Herrera
  • Emilio Delgado López‐Cózar

Abstract

Bibliometric mapping and visualization techniques represent one of the main pillars in the field of scientometrics. Traditionally, the main methodologies employed for representing data are multidimensional scaling, principal component analysis, or correspondence analysis. In this paper we aim to present a visualization methodology known as biplot analysis for representing bibliometric and science and technology indicators. A biplot is a graphical representation of multivariate data, where the elements of a data matrix are represented according to dots and vectors associated with the rows and columns of the matrix. In this paper, we explore the possibilities of applying biplot analysis in the research policy area. More specifically, we first describe and introduce the reader to this methodology and secondly, we analyze its strengths and weaknesses through 3 different case studies: countries, universities, and scientific fields. For this, we use a biplot analysis known as JK‐biplot. Finally, we compare the biplot representation with other multivariate analysis techniques. We conclude that biplot analysis could be a useful technique in scientometrics when studying multivariate data, as well as an easy‐to‐read tool for research decision makers.

Suggested Citation

  • Daniel Torres‐Salinas & Nicolás Robinson‐García & Evaristo Jiménez‐Contreras & Francisco Herrera & Emilio Delgado López‐Cózar, 2013. "On the use of biplot analysis for multivariate bibliometric and scientific indicators," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 64(7), pages 1468-1479, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:64:y:2013:i:7:p:1468-1479
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.22837
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.22837
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1002/asi.22837?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Evangelia Tigka & Dimitrios Beslemes & Ioanna Kakabouki & Chrysanthi Pankou & Dimitrios Bilalis & Ioannis Tokatlidis & Dimitrios N. Vlachostergios, 2021. "Seed Rate and Cultivar Effect on Contribution of Vicia sativa L. Green Manure to Soil Amendment under Mediterranean Conditions," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-17, August.
    2. Mitzi Cubilla‐Montilla & Ana‐Belén Nieto‐Librero & Ma Purificación Galindo‐Villardón & Ma Purificación Vicente Galindo & Isabel‐María Garcia‐Sanchez, 2019. "Are cultural values sufficient to improve stakeholder engagement human and labour rights issues?," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(4), pages 938-955, July.
    3. Daniel Torres-Salinas & Domingo Docampo & Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado & Nicolas Robinson-Garcia, 2024. "The many publics of science: using altmetrics to identify common communication channels by scientific field," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(7), pages 3705-3723, July.
    4. Díaz-Faes, Adrián A. & Costas, Rodrigo & Galindo, M. Purificación & Bordons, María, 2015. "Unravelling the performance of individual scholars: Use of Canonical Biplot analysis to explore the performance of scientists by academic rank and scientific field," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 722-733.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:64:y:2013:i:7:p:1468-1479. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.asis.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.