Print Email Facebook Twitter The difference between transition and transformation: A bibliometric analysis of two scientific networks. Title The difference between transition and transformation: A bibliometric analysis of two scientific networks. Author Chappin, E.J.L. Ligtvoet, A. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Infrastructures, Systems and Services Date 2012-12-31 Abstract The terms ‘transition’ and ‘transition management’ encompass the change towards a more sustainable society and embody questions of how this goal should be achieved. Researchers under the banner of ‘transition’ are concentrated in the Netherlands. To find out to what extent ‘transition’ is a Dutch preoccupation, we perform a literature search to identify key references, key authors, and the coherence between references and authors. We contrast this with an alternative denominator ‘transformation’. By analysing co-author and citation networks, we find large differences in these groups of documents. The transition literature is characterised by a large network of directly and indirectly cooperating authors with clear clusters; transformation literature only contains small and isolated author networks. The transition literature is tightly knit with high degrees of internal references and a clearly distinguishable core. Transformation literature has no clear core and fewer connections between authors and articles. Key transition authors are predominantly Dutch. They repeatedly write together and cite each other’s work. The transformation literature makes more use of highly cited research outside the field. Whether this is an indicator of quality remains to be seen. This analysis can be used as a first step for opening up that debate: it should be enriched by systematic in-depth exploration of the field, including research into societal pay-back. Subject transition, transformation, bibliometrics, citations, author network To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0213f054-625e-4b3a-be29-937194d01adc Publisher DTU Campus Source IST 2012 : 3rd International conference on sustainable transition : Navigation theories and challenging realities, Copenhagen (Denmark) 26-28 August, 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 Chappin, E.J.L., Ligtvoet, A. Files PDF 286634.pdf 390.53 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0213f054-625e-4b3a-be29-937194d01adc/datastream/OBJ/view