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Describing the Structure of a Research Literature: Spatial Diffusion Modelling in Geography

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  • A C Gatrell

    (Department of Geography, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, England)

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A description of the structure of research specialities requires the definition of a series of sets and relations. A set of papers concerned with spatial diffusion modelling is defined, and the structure of the citation relation defined on that set is explored. A detailed reading of the texts of the papers allows us to extract a series of ‘terms’ (concepts, techniques, and so on), and problems of structuring these in a hierarchical scheme are discussed. The relation of papers to terms is then analysed for a few of the early papers in the literature. Citations may be thought of as traffic on the backcloth.

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  • A C Gatrell, 1984. "Describing the Structure of a Research Literature: Spatial Diffusion Modelling in Geography," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 11(1), pages 29-45, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:11:y:1984:i:1:p:29-45
    DOI: 10.1068/b110029
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