%0 Journal Article
%1 yong2001lattices
%A Yong, Fang
%A Rousseau, Ronald
%D 2001
%J Scientometrics
%K analysis citation lattice link scientometrics
%N 2
%P 273--287
%T Lattices in citation networks: An investigation into the structure of citation graphs
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1010573723540
%V 50
%X The main purposes of this article are to uncover interesting features in real-world citationnetworks, and to highlight important substructures. In particular, it applies lattice theory tocitation analysis. On the applied side, it shows that lattice substructures exist in real-word citationnetworks. It is further shown that, through its relations with co-citations and bibliographiccoupling, the diamond (a four-element lattice) is a basic structural element in citation analysis.Finally, citation compactness is calculated for the four- and five element lattices.