A novel approach based on journal coupling to determine authors who are most likely to be part of the same invisible college

Garcia, Jose A.; Rodriguez-Sanchez, Rosa; Fdez-Valdivia, J.

doi:10.2478/jdis-2025-0006

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Dendrogram of IS&LS authors according to their journal publication profile.

Visualization in VOSviewer of a map for IS&LS authors using journal coupling.

Visualization in VOSviewer of the ‘Information Systems’ invisible college.

Visualization in VOSviewer of the “Business and Information Management” invisible college.

Visualization in VOSviewer of the “Quantitative Information Science” invisible college.

Detail of journal similarities among Bornmann, Rousseau, and Stuart according to the IS&LS category of the Web of Science Core Collection.

Visualization in VOSviewer of the “Library Science” invisible college.

Detail of journal similarities among Batool, Warraich, and Onyancha according to the IS&LS category of the Web of Science Core Collection.

Figure 9.

Map of invisible colleges according to their journal publication profile in IS and LS.

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Library Science”_

Library Science
Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight	Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight
1	INT J GEOGR INF SCI	198.24	51	HEALTH AFFAIR	18.02
2	J AM MED INFORM ASSN	120.61	52	COLLECT BUILD	18.02
3	LEARN PUBL	113.68	53	PEDIATRICS	17.33
4	PROF INFORM	92.19	54	APPL CLIN INFORM	17.33
5	CHANDOS INF PROF SER	83.18	55	IEEE J-STARS	16.64
6	J LIBR ADM	67.93	56	NPJ DIGIT MED	16.64
7	ASLIB PROC	58.92	57	PUBLIC LIBR Q	16.64
8	J LIBR INF SCI	57.53	58	APPL GEOGR	15.25
9	REV BELGE PHILOL HIS	56.84	59	AGR FOREST METEOROL	15.25
10	EDINB STUD CLASS ISL	48.52	60	JAMA-J AM MED ASSOC	15.25
11	AM HIST REV	44.36	61	MALAYS J LIBR INF SC	15.25
12	LIBR MANAGE	44.36	62	J DOC	14.96
13	EM QUESTAO	42.98	63	JAMA NETW OPEN	13.86
14	J AUST LIB INF ASSOC	37.43	64	GISCI REMOTE SENS	13.86
15	T GIS	37.43	65	INTERLEND DOC SUPPLY	13.86
16	LIBR HI TECH	36.54	66	INFORM SOC-ESTUD	13.86
17	ISPRS INT J GEO-INF	34.66	67	INT J CLIN MONIT COM	13.86
18	LANDSCAPE URBAN PLAN	33.27	68	DIGIT LIBR PERSPECT	13.86
19	J GEN INTERN MED	31.88	69	AUST ACAD RES LIBR	12.48
20	SYNTH REACT INORG M	30.50	70	BMJ QUAL SAF	12.48
21	COMPUT ENVIRON URBAN	29.11	71	NEW REV ACAD LIBR	12.48
22	SPECULUM	27.73	72	JOURNALISM	12.48
23	J ASIAN AFR STUD	27.73	73	NEW LIB WORLD	11.09
24	HEALTH INFO LIBR J	26.34	74	MUSLIM WORLD AGE CRU	11.09
25	IFLA J-INT FED LIBR	26.34	75	JAMA INTERN MED	11.09
26	LIBRI	25.65	76	ANN EMERG MED	11.09
27	IEEE T GEOSCI REMOTE	24.95	77	LANDSCAPE ECOL	11.09
28	REV IBERI-AM CIENC I	24.95	78	ISLAM	11.09
29	GLOB KNOWL MEM COMMU	23.59	79	LECT NOTES GEOINF CA	11.09
30	INT J REMOTE SENS	23.57	80	HEALTH SERV RES	11.09
31	AFR J LIBR ARCH INFO	23.57	81	EVID BASED LIB INF P	11.09
32	QUAL QUANT METHODS L	23.57	82	RDBCI-REV DIG BIB CI	11.09
33	J ACAD LIBR	23.01	83	PHOTOGRAMM ENG REM S	11.09
34	LIBR RESOUR TECH SER	22.18	84	INF DISCOV DELIV	10.93
35	J TRANSP GEOGR	20.79	85	REMOTE SENS ENVIRON	10.40
36	S AFR J INFORM MANAG	20.79	86	PORTAL-LIBR ACAD	10.40
37	ANN INTERN MED	20.79	87	ONLINE INFORM REV	10.07
38	LIBR REV	20.79	88	ASLIB J INFORM MANAG	9.78
39	B SCH ORIENT AFR ST	20.79	89	COLLECT CURATION	9.70
40	ANN AM ASSOC GEOGR	20.79	90	CAT CLASSIF Q	9.70
41	AM J MANAG CARE	20.79	91	SCI CHINA SER D	9.70
42	INFORM DEV	20.71	92	HEALTHCARE-J DEL SCI	9.70
43	J INFORM OPTIM SCI	19.41	93	J SCHOLARLY PUBL	9.70
44	NEW ENGL J MED	19.41	94	SERIALS REV	9.70
45	ELECTRON LIBR	19.27	95	PERFORM MEAS METR	9.70
46	S AFR J LIBR INF	18.71	96	JAMIA OPEN	9.70
47	PERSPECT CIENC INF	18.02	97	BIBLIOS	9.70
48	ENCONTROS BIBLI	18.02	98	INT J APPL EARTH OBS	9.70
49	PEDIATR RES	18.02	99	ARCH INTERN MED	9.70
50	DESIDOC J LIB INF TE	18.02	100	IEEE T NEUR NET LEAR	9.70

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Quantitative Information Science”

Quantitative Information Science
Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight	Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight
1	J INFORMETR	366.67	51	FRONT INFORM TECH EL	4.16
2	PRO INT CONF SCI INF	234.28	52	ACM-IEEE J CONF DIG	4.16
3	PROF INFORM	99.12	53	INVESTIG BIBLIOTECOL	4.16
4	QUANT SCI STUD	74.86	54	CAN J SOCIOL	4.16
5	RES EVALUAT	42.98	55	ACTA PHYS POL A	4.16
6	MATH COMPUT MODEL	34.66	56	INT CONF BIG DATA	4.16
7	J DATA INFO SCI	31.19	57	THEOR CHEM ACC	4.16
8	J AM SOC INFORM SCI	29.11	58	NAT HUM BEHAV	4.16
9	SPRINGER HBK	29.11	59	HIGH EDUC	4.03
10	REV ESP DOC CIENT	27.03	60	INFORM RES	4.03
11	SCI PUBL POLICY	26.34	61	DATA KNOWL ENG	3.47
12	ONLINE INFORM REV	16.40	62	LIBRI	3.47
13	J DOC	14.67	63	HUM SOC SCI COMMUN	3.47
14	COLLNET J SCIENTOMET	14.56	64	COMUNICAR	3.47
15	CURR SCI INDIA	13.86	65	RES POLICY	3.45
16	EMBO REP	13.86	66	ELECTRON LIBR	3.16
17	LEARN PUBL	13.17	67	J SUPERCOMPUT	2.77
18	ASLIB J INFORM MANAG	12.95	68	J ORTHOP SURG RES	2.77
19	P ASIST ANNU	11.09	69	ECON POLIT-ITALY	2.77
20	J CHEM PHYS	11.09	70	CHIMIA	2.77
21	ELIFE	9.70	71	DATA	2.77
22	SCI ENG ETHICS	9.70	72	J LIBR INFORM STUD	2.77
23	J SCIENTOMETR RES	9.70	73	INT J HEALTH POLICY	2.77
24	ASLIB PROC	9.70	74	PHYS LETT B	2.77
25	NATURE	9.21	75	INFORM VISUAL	2.77
26	CLIMATE	8.32	76	MATDEMATICS-BASEL	2.77
27	REV ESP SALUD PUBLIC	8.32	77	UNIV PSYCHOL	2.77
28	J ECON SURV	6.93	78	J EVOL ECON	2.77
29	BMC BIOINFORMATICS	6.93	79	J ALZHEIMERS DIS	2.77
30	CRIMINOLOGIE	6.93	80	PAC J MATH	2.77
31	PRESSE MED	6.93	81	STUD CLASS DATA ANAL	2.77
32	LIBR INFORM SCI RES	6.33	82	RES HIGH EDUC	2.77
33	J INTELL FUZZY SYST	6.24	83	ACTA PAEDIATR	2.77
34	LIBR INFORM SCI SER	6.24	84	ANN I H POINCARE B	2.77
35	MEAS-INTERDISCIP RES	5.55	85	INT J STROKE	2.77
36	IEEE INT CON MULTI	5.55	86	ESTUD MENSAJE PERIOD	2.77
37	CAN J INFORM LIB SCI	5.55	87	PALGR COMMUN	2.77
38	HIGH EDUC Q	5.55	88	SOC STUD SCI	2.77
39	Z EVAL	5.55	89	EVALUATION REV	2.77
40	J ORGANOMET CHEM	5.55	90	PHYS REV LETT	2.77
41	IEEE INT CONF FUZZY	5.55	91	PSICOTHEMA	2.77
42	PUBLICATIONS	5.55	92	IEEE INT C BIO BIO W	2.77
43	J LIBR INF SCI	5.55	93	IETE TECH REV	2.77
44	MALAYS J LIBR INF SC	5.18	94	MED CLIN-BARCELONA	2.77
45	COLL RES LIBR	4.85	95	J TECHNOL TRANSFER	2.77
46	J KOREAN MED SCI	4.16	96	TECHNOVATION	2.77
47	INT CONF CONTEMP	4.16	97	EDUC XX1	2.77
48	MINERVA	4.16	98	AIP CONF PROC	2.77
49	KNOWL ORGAN	4.16	99	INFORM POL	2.77
50	FEMS MICROBIOL LETT	4.16	100	DOC BIBL	2.77

“Information Systems” invisible college using journal coupling_

“Information Systems” invisible college
Web of Science ResearcherID	Name
ABD-9343-2020	Viswanath Venkatesh
DCP-3847-2022	Laumer, Sven
E-4383-2013	Davison, Robert M.
FXX-7807-2022	Siponen, Mikko
A-2790-2008	Lowry, Paul Benjamin
I-8515-2012	Cheung, Christy M. K.
L-8364-2013	Wang, Yi
A-1774-2016	Hess, Thomas
DXR-2943-2022	Mithas, Sunil
U-9082-2019	Nishant, Rohit
ABI-7778-2020	Yoo, Youngjin
FTS-6271-2022	Rowe, Frantz
FUQ-3948-2022	Sarker, Suprateek
FZC-5401-2022	Cheng, Xusen
FZY-0677-2022	Constantiou, Ioanna
GBT-6636-2022	D’Arcy, John
M-6996-2017	Pan, Shan L
B-9123-2011	Thong, James Y. L
KHY-4609-2024	Wade, Michael
D-3561-2014	Paul A Pavlou
U-1716-2019	Turel, Ofir
O-8202-2017	Lyytinen, Kalle J.
DHU-9079-2022	Nevo, Saggi
DKI-4141-2022	Pahnila, Seppo
F-9405-2010	Myers, Michael
J-7274-2019	Yeow, Adrian
DVA-4597-2022	Karahanna, Elena
DXJ-1642-2022	Grover, Varun
DXU-1855-2022	Tarafdar, Monideepa
DZF-0654-2022	Sun, Heshan
J-6551-2017	Braojos, Jessica
L-4600-2019	Wright, Ryan T.
O-5989-2019	Greenwood, Brad N.
P-3232-2015	Teo, Thompson S. H.
ENU-4415-2022	Benitez, Jose
AAX-3120-2021	Thatcher, Jason
AFK-1224-2022	Xin Xu
A-4422-2010	Chau, Patrick Y. K.
CMB-4425-2022	Dennis, Alan R.
CNR-0824-2022	Eaton, Ben
N-7853-2014	Chan, Frank K. Y.
JDA-0030-2023	Luo, Xin (Robert)
JDK-7830-2023	Tan, Yong
FZX-5394-2022	Qiu, Liangfei
ENH-3614-2022	Chai, Yidong
DXP-7319-2022	Benlian, Alexander
GDE-9432-2022	Rai, Arun

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Information Systems”

Information Systems
Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight	Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight
1	INFORM SYST RES	153.88	51	J GLOB INF MANAG	6.33
2	INFORM SYST J	122.69	52	J ORGAN END USER COM	6.24
3	J MANAGE INFORM SYST	117.14	53	ELECTRON COMMER RES	6.24
4	J ASSOC INF SYST	110.90	54	J BUS ETHICS	6.24
5	EUR J INFORM SYST	104.67	55	EUR J OPER RES	6.24
6	MIS QUART	75.66	56	MANAGE SCI	6.04
7	P ANN HICSS	71.39	57	INT FED INFO PROC	5.75
8	INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER	52.36	58	J ELECTRON COMMER RE	5.75
9	BUS INFORM SYST ENG+	49.91	59	UROLOGY	5.55
10	J STRATEGIC INF SYST	38.82	60	PERS INDIV DIFFER	5.55
11	J INF TECHNOL-UK	38.12	61	BEHAV BRAIN RES	5.55
12	DECISION SCI	36.04	62	J ENDOUROL	5.55
13	INT J INFORM MANAGE	30.78	63	DES ISSUES	5.55
14	DECIS SUPPORT SYST	29.06	64	CHINA ECON REV	5.55
15	INFORM MANAGE	26.34	65	TELECOMMUN POLICY	5.55
16	J UROLOGY	26.34	66	LECT NOTES BUS INF P	5.47
17	DATA BASE ADV INF SY	25.65	67	J ORG COMP ELECT COM	4.89
18	PROD OPER MANAG	24.95	68	INT J HUM-COMPUT ST	4.89
19	ELECTRON MARK	22.18	69	IFIP ADV INF COMM TE	4.85
20	OMEGA-INT J MANAGE S	19.41	70	J INFORM TECHNOL	4.16
21	MIS Q EXEC	19.41	71	PERS PSYCHOL	4.16
22	COMMUN ACM	19.27	72	RES TECHNOL MANAGE	4.16
23	ORGAN SCI	18.02	73	J TRADIT CHIN MED	4.16
24	MIT SLOAN MANAGE REV	15.25	74	ECON MODEL	4.16
25	ELECTR J INF SYS DEV	14.56	75	J MARKETING RES	4.16
26	INT J ELECTRON COMM	13.86	76	J ASIAN NAT PROD RES	4.16
27	IEEE T ENG MANAGE	13.52	77	WORLD ECON	4.16
28	ADV MANAG INFORM SYS	13.17	78	INT J PROD RES	4.16
29	J BUS RES	13.17	79	IEEE T SYST MAN CY C	4.16
30	GROUP DECIS NEGOT	13.17	80	CHIN MED-UK	4.16
31	IND MANAGE DATA SYST	12.48	81	J INFECT DIS	4.16
32	IT PROF	12.48	82	J DECIS SYST	4.16
33	L N INF SYST ORGAN	12.48	83	CHANDOS ASIAN STUD	4.16
34	COMPUT SECUR	12.48	84	INT J ACCOUNT INF MA	4.16
35	PAC ASIA J ASSOC INF	11.78	85	J POLYNESIAN SOC	4.16
36	WIRTSCHAFTSINF	11.09	86	J ORGAN EFF-PEOPLE P	4.16
37	ELECTRON COMMER R A	10.07	87	ACM TRANS MANAG INF	4.16
38	SMALL GR RES	9.70	88	FEBS LETT	4.16
39	INFORM SYST MANAGE	9.70	89	BIOCHEM INT	4.16
40	ORGAN BEHAV HUM DEC	9.70	90	J SMALL BUS MANAGE	3.47
41	DATA BASE	9.70	91	J OPER RES SOC	3.47
42	J INF TECHNOL	9.01	92	ACAD MANAGE J	3.47
43	J OPER MANAG	9.01	93	INF SYST E-BUS MANAG	3.47
44	INFORM ORGAN-UK	9.01	94	J AM MED INFORM ASSN	3.47
45	J APPL PSYCHOL	8.32	95	INFORM TECHNOL DEV	3.47
46	IEEE T PROF COMMUN	7.62	96	ANN OPER RES	3.47
47	COMPUT HUM BEHAV	7.19	97	INFORM SOC	3.47
48	J MARKETING	6.93	98	FRONT PSYCHOL	2.88
49	J ACAD MARKET SCI	6.93	99	J GLOB INF TECH MAN	2.88
50	PEDIATR INFECT DIS J	6.93	100	BIOMED PHARMACOTHER	2.77

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Business and Information Management”_

Business and Information Management
Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight	Rank	Journal Abbreviation	Weight
1	J BUS RES	172.59	51	REV MANAG SCI	19.41
2	J KNOWL MANAG	135.86	52	BENCHMARKING	19.41
3	INT J INFORM MANAGE	92.92	53	SPRINGERBRIEF BUS	19.41
4	PROD PLAN CONTROL	85.95	54	J CONSUM BEHAV	19.41
5	J HOSP MARKET MANAG	70.70	55	INT J PROD ECON	18.99
6	INT J CONTEMP HOSP M	70.01	56	J TECHNOL TRANSFER	18.71
7	J TRAVEL RES	69.31	57	IEEE T ENG MANAGE	18.41
8	ANN OPER RES	67.24	58	INNOV PUBLIC SECT	18.02
9	TECHNOL FORECAST SOC	66.74	59	SERV IND J	17.33
10	IND MANAGE DATA SYST	64.46	60	INT J E-BUS RES	16.64
11	ANN TOURISM RES	59.61	61	ECON RES-EKON ISTRAZ	16.64
12	INT J HOSP MANAG	59.61	62	J STRATEG MARK	16.64
13	J SUSTAIN TOUR	52.68	63	TECHNOVATION	16.64
14	INT J INDIAN CULT BU	51.29	64	J DESTIN MARK MANAGE	16.64
15	INT J ELECTRON GOV R	49.21	65	PUB ADMIN INF TECH	15.94
16	INT J PROD RES	49.21	66	CREAT INNOV MANAG	15.25
17	BUS STRATEG ENVIRON	48.52	67	ENTERP INF SYST-UK	15.25
18	COMPUT HUM BEHAV	46.03	68	INT J TOUR RES	15.25
19	J INTELLECT CAP	44.36	69	J UNIVERS COMPUT SCI	15.25
20	INFORM SYST MANAGE	44.36	70	EUR MANAG J	15.25
21	J ENTERP INF MANAG	40.90	71	TOUR ANAL	15.25
22	INT J ENTREP BEHAV R	40.20	72	INT J INNOV LEARN	13.86
23	GOV INFORM Q	39.70	73	RESOUR CONSERV RECY	13.86
24	IND MARKET MANAG	38.12	74	INT MARKET REV	13.86
25	EUROMED ACAD BUS CON	37.43	75	INT J CONSUM STUD	13.86
26	INT J MOB COMMUN	36.04	76	EUR MANAG REV	13.86
27	INT J BANK MARK	33.96	77	INT J RETAIL DISTRIB	13.86
28	J RETAIL CONSUM SERV	33.66	78	J BUS IND MARK	13.86
29	TOUR REV	33.27	79	J HOSP TOUR TECHNOL	13.86
30	BRIT FOOD J	33.27	80	INT J OPER PROD MAN	13.86
31	INT ENTREP MANAG J	31.88	81	ELECTRON MARK	13.17
32	TRANSFORM GOV-PEOPLE	31.19	82	EUR J INFORM SYST	13.17
33	P ANN HICSS	30.50	83	MANAGE DECIS	12.95
34	EUR J INT MANAG	29.11	84	J SERV MARK	12.48
35	PSYCHOL MARKET	29.11	85	INT J LOGIST MANAG	12.48
36	J HOSP TOUR RES	27.73	86	BRIT J MANAGE	12.48
37	EUR J MARKETING	27.73	87	PUBLIC MANAG REV	12.48
38	BUS PROCESS MANAG J	27.73	88	INT J EMERG MARK	12.48
39	TOTAL QUAL MANAG BUS	26.34	89	J PROD BRAND MANAG	12.48
40	ADV THE PRAC EMER MA	26.34	90	SUSTAINABILITY-BASEL	12.37
41	J HOSP TOUR MANAG	26.34	91	EUR J INNOV MANAG	11.78
42	J TRAVEL TOUR MARK	26.34	92	INT J INNOV MANAG	11.09
43	ROUTLEDGE STUD MARK	24.95	93	FOOD QUAL PREFER	11.09
44	INNOV TECH KNOWL MAN	24.95	94	IFAC PAPERSONLINE	11.09
45	INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER	23.88	95	CORP SOC RESP ENV MA	11.09
46	ASIA PAC J TOUR RES	23.57	96	INT J ENTREP VENTUR	11.09
47	J INNOV KNOWL	22.18	97	COMPUT IND ENG	11.09
48	TOUR MANAG PERSPECT	20.79	98	J ORGAN BEHAV	11.09
49	TOURISM MANAGE	20.43	99	J INT MANAG	11.09
50	CURR ISSUES TOUR	20.10	100	J INT CONSUM MARK	11.09

“Business and Information Managment” invisible college using journal coupling_

“Business and Information Management” invisible college
Web of Science ResearcherID	Name	Web of Science ResearcherID	Name
A-5362-2008	Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi	DWC-8095-2022	Mantymaki, Matti
ABA-4719-2020	Nripendra P. Rana	DWR-2367-2022	Kraus, Sascha
H-6223-2013	Marijn Janssen	DWR-2830-2022	Weerakkody, Vishanth
JVG-3087-2024	Lu, Yaobin	AER-0191-2022	Santoro, Gabriel
U-2170-2017	Ramakrishnan Raman	ABF-6649-2021	de Reuver, Mark
S-1173-2017	Alalwan, Ali Abdallah	K-5240-2019	Ferraris, Alberto
I-4143-2019	Ooi, Keng-Boon	B-8900-2014	Mogaji, Emmanuel
B-4090-2011	Oliveira, Tiago	S-5659-2017	Leong, Lai-Ying
AAB-4953-2019	Wamba, Samuel Fosso	EHS-6062-2022	Wu, Shelly P. J.
F-1826-2013	Dhir, Amandeep	EIX-1294-2022	Zhao, Ling
C-6565-2011	Tan, Garry Wei-Han	AAE-3369-2020	Nambisan, Satish
DVF-5910-2022	Lal, Banita	AAG-7481-2020	Fevzi Okumus
N-2391-2019	Wang, Yichuan	AAO-7181-2020	Xi, Nannan
AAC-9878-2020	Edwards, John S.	AAT-2082-2020	Serenko, Alexander
AAX-8282-2020	Baabdullah, Abdullah M.	AAW-3321-2020	Luqman, Adeel
GEW-9121-2022	Hughes, Laurie	AAY-9644-2020	Connelly, Catherine E.
HTP-3338-2023	Sharma, Sujeet Kumar	AAI-6997-2021	Sorensen, Carsten
B-9999-2009	Kar, Arpan Kumar	AAK-2553-2021	Filieri, Raffaele
JPA-1685-2023	Pappas, Ilias O	AAK-7598-2021	Popa, Simona
E-4989-2016	Hamari, Juho	ABD-5724-2021	Papadopoulos, Thanos
F-1274-2014	Queiroz, Maciel M	AAA-2954-2022	Matej Cˇerne
AFC-8878-2022	Nunkoo, Robin	AAA-3342-2022	Skerlavaj, Miha
D-4047-2012	Henseler, Jorg	AAB-3200-2022	Oscar Hengxuan Chi
DKT-5055-2022	Pan, Zhao	D-1968-2013	Neeraj Pandey
DNO-2122-2022	Raghavan, Vishnupriya	AAI-8460-2020	Kim, Myung Ja
DVQ-7879-2022	Kaur, Puneet	T-8286-2019	Liu, Zhiyong
DWA-8468-2022	Gupta, Manjul	Q-7249-2016	Mergel, Ines
DYS-7432-2022	Papagiannidis, Savvas	Q-1537-2019	Viglia, Giampaolo
ABB-8212-2020	Rauschnabel, Philipp A.	ACP-0558-2022	Rohita Dwivedi
AAA-6716-2022	Dennehy, Denis	AFA-3904-2022	De’, Rahul
GDY-0668-2022	Scuotto, Veronica	D-5700-2015	Abbas Mardani
GVC-9104-2022	Williams, Michael D	CAG-5312-2022	Manoj Thomas
C-3405-2014	Giannakis, Mihalis	CAG-7783-2022	Samuel Ribeiro-Navarrete
U-7022-2018	Dubey, Rameshwar	H-1132-2017	Kizgin, Hatice
JQV-3207-2023	Del Giudice, Manlio	J-8994-2017	Javier Llorens-Montes, Francisco
CWD-0111-2022	Ismagilova, Elvira	B-7471-2009	Leonardi, Paul M.
S-6616-2016	Del Vecchio, Pasquale	CFM-6125-2022	Basu, Sriparna
O-3577-2016	Le, Phong Ba	V-3143-2017	Chung, Namho
J-6264-2012	Coombs, Crispin	S-2888-2019	Akter, Shahriar
K-4471-2012	Chen, Jianqing	A-3493-2008	Gursoy, Dogan
L-7153-2019	Shiau, Wen -Lung	R-5799-2017	Islam, Tahir
DLK-1530-2022	Patil, Pushp	M-4488-2014	Karjaluoto, Heikki
E-6088-2014	Pee, Loo G.	H-1399-2012	Popovic, Ales
H-7874-2015	Martinez-Conesa, Isabel	H-9687-2012	Balakrishnan, Janarthanan
DSP-2717-2022	Li, Dahui	CVS-9088-2022	Hughes, D. Laurie
DTL-9991-2022	Dezi, Luca	CXJ-2695-2022	Khare, Arpita
O-3112-2013	Meissner, Dirk	C-4161-2019	Medaglia, Rony
DTW-7498-2022	Kwon, Ohbyung	CYH-0503-2022	Kock, Ned
I-1063-2015	Liebana-Cabanillas, Francisco J.	B-3927-2011	Soto-Acosta, Pedro
DUA-0379-2022	Wang, Bin	FSM-8271-2022	Pan, Shan L.
DUR-3641-2022	Zhang, Xing	A-9636-2009	Gil-Garcia, Jose Ramon
S-5893-2016	Barlette, Yves	I-7148-2012	Gong, Yeming
DVV-2537-2022	Ray, Gautam	S-9770-2019	Park, Eunil

“Library Science” invisible college using journal coupling_

“Library Science” invisible college
Web of Science ResearcherID	Name	Web of Science ResearcherID	Name
B-9630-2017	Dickson K. W. Chiu	R-2454-2019	Widdersheim, Michael Majewski
GBO-6346-2022	Liu, Xiaoping	GWM-0658-2022	Smith, Mark
DBP-3952-2022	Kshetri, Nir	G-3960-2010	Lin, Boqiang
DTV-4307-2022	Chen, Chia-Chen	AAA-5598-2022	Ameen, Kanwal
FZE-7459-2022	Duan, Yan-Qing	DWT-0761-2022	Hider, Philip
ITB-4212-2023	Zhang, Jinbao	DXD-7332-2022	Rowberry, Simon
DEJ-6792-2022	Liang, Z. T.	DYP-5974-2022	Scoulas, Jung Mi
EIW-3090-2022	Zhang, Dan	AAJ-7210-2020	Garner, Jane
GCB-7145-2022	Maier, Christian	ABI-8322-2020	Al-Okaily, Manaf
HDJ-3925-2022	Cui, Lili	AEK-5815-2022	Subaveerapandiyan, A.
L-4613-2018	Onan, Aytug	AHA-0112-2022	Boukacem-Zeghmouri, Cherifa
CTA-8464-2022	Gupta, Babita	JWF-4398-2024	Fair, Jeanne M.
C-8481-2011	Crick, Tom	DRA-2241-2022	Ruthven, Ian
L-7252-2018	Yao, Yao	DXA-2186-2022	Herman, Eti
DSB-9889-2022	Adler-Milstein, Julia	EJH-3168-2022	Arshad, Alia
DTU-2809-2022	Shaw, Shih-Lung	AAD-9788-2021	Ganaie, Shabir Ahmad
DTX-8152-2022	Liu Penghua	H-8349-2016	Martinez-Avila, Daniel
DVF-7317-2022	Chunara, Rumi	IZP-7689-2023	Feng, Xin
DWW-6778-2022	Chen, Ji	CFD-5029-2022	Blayney, Peter W. M.
DXH-2650-2022	Mandl, Kenneth D.	CFE-5681-2022	Baldwin, Peter
DXZ-6563-2022	Platt, Richard	D-2471-2009	Sittig, Dean F.
K-1500-2019	MerigoLindahl, Jose M.	DUW-9963-2022	Aharony, Noa
C-2045-2008	Buhalis, Dimitrios	DVZ-6308-2022	Sims, David
E-8297-2013	Ho, Kevin K. W.	ECT-4308-2022	Vitorino, Elizete Vieira
AAE-1652-2019	Yang Yue	G-6502-2011	Swigon, Marzena
AAF-8089-2020	Korukoglu, Serdar	FYT-0475-2022	Batool, Syeda Hina
AAC-2318-2020	Zipf, Alexander	FZV-0786-2022	Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire
ABD-2723-2020	Testa, Paul A.	GCL-6340-2022	Tenopir, Carol
AAU-5995-2021	Nchofoung, Tii N.	GDU-9018-2022	Yu, Chuanming
AHB-0858-2022	Brian Weeks	N-8276-2014	Nicholas, David
CEO-5976-2022	Bhatti, Rubina	DKU-4430-2022	Parasie, Sylvain
A-1235-2013	Li, Xia	J-9568-2016	Cox, Andrew M.
CGP-8618-2022	Bin Naeem, Salman	CBK-7440-2022	Adekoya, Clement Ola
J-8998-2019	Manoj Kumar Tiwari	A-7857-2017	Talat Islam
AAB-6850-2020	Hanafizadeh, Payam	EOA-3184-2022	Casarin, Helen de Castro Silva
AEV-8555-2022	Danish	ETK-4724-2022	de Sousa, Ana Claudia Medeiros
V-2488-2018	Vitak, Jessica	GFR-8512-2022	Demeter, Marton
ABE-4906-2020	Verma, Manoj Kumar	GNP-0008-2022	Md. Atikuzzaman
C-4239-2008	Jamali, Hamid R.	AAB-1218-2020	Apuke, Oberiri Destiny
H-1731-2016	Warraich, Nosheen Fatima	IAP-8340-2023	Javier Guallar
B-8125-2010	Abrizah, Abdullah	A-5066-2019	Dias, Thiago Magela Rodrigues
A-6719-2019	Rafiq, Muhammad	H-7410-2012	Farias, Maria Giovanna Guedes
GLV-4793-2022	Lund, Brady D.	DGN-3122-2022	Monsen, Karen A.
EUS-5443-2022	Gandhar, Abhishek	B-6369-2008	Codina, Lluis
HWG-6609-2023	Soroya, Saira Hanif	DRR-2673-2022	Sawhney, Harmeet
DTH-6968-2022	Sun, Shouqiang	A-7845-2010	Oliver, Gillian
DVK-0923-2022	Ngulube, Patrick	A-3499-2014	Holley, Robert P.
EGS-0909-2022	Xu, Jie	B-6818-2008	Corrado, Edward M.
EIJ-8225-2022	Zeng, Zi Ming	ABG-1225-2020	Goyanes, Manuel
HGA-8220-2022	Mahmood, Khalid	AAO-8985-2020	Ford, Heather
CBT-0549-2022	Aljoumani, Said	CMI-6480-2022	de Almeida Jr, Oswaldo Francisco
JGU-9388-2023	Rodriguez-Bravo, Blanca	C-3046-2008	Nwagwu, Williams E.
CTR-4076-2022	Hirschler, Konrad	CRW-6031-2022	Ghosal, Tirthankar
AAT-6389-2020	Nazim, Mohammad	T-6151-2017	Celestine, Gever Verlumun
EGT-6147-2022	Yuvaraj, Mayank 49	AGT-6397-2022	Sharma, Sandeep

Academic journals in which authors from all the invisible colleges have published_

Journal Abbreviation	Inform Syst	Bus & Inform Manag	Quant Inform Sci	Libr Sci
ADV MATER RES-SWITZ	7	3	2	10
BEHAV INFORM TECHNOL	20	39	1	2
COMM COM INF SC	4	9	8	14
COMMUN ACM	67	12	1	2
COMMUN ASSOC INF SYS	123	22	1	8
COMPUT EDUC	2	13	1	3
ENVIRON SCI POLLUT R	1	5	1	20
EXPERT SYST APPL	2	82	3	28
IEEE ACCESS	1	8	3	11
IEEE T ENG MANAGE	47	72	1	3
INFORM PROCESS MANAG	10	5	79	42
INFORM SCIENCES	2	3	2	12
INFORM SYST FRONT	25	207	1	11
INFORM TECHNOL MANAG	1	7	2	1
INFORM TECHNOL PEOPL	35	79	3	7
INT J ENV RES PUB HE	5	7	2	15
INT J HUM-COMPUT INT	2	28	2	3
INT J INFORM MANAGE	107	366	3	34
INT J MED INFORM	2	4	1	27
INTERNET RES	55	81	4	8
J AM SOC INF SCI TEC	20	7	252	18
J ASSOC INF SCI TECH	9	10	256	35
J CLEAN PROD	2	78	1	116
J COMPUT INFORM SYST	10	65	1	5
J COMPUT-MEDIAT COMM	1	3	3	7
J ENVIRON MANAGE	2	7	1	34
J INF SCI	3	5	61	66
J MED INTERNET RES	9	10	3	24
LECT NOTES ARTIF INT	3	3	4	10
LECT NOTES COMPUT SC	13	158	26	67
NEW MEDIA SOC	1	5	3	12
P NATL ACAD SCI USA	3	1	4	7
PLOS ONE	6	12	124	72
SCI REP-UK	3	6	5	19
SCIENTOMETRICS	2	7	846	41
TECHNOL FORECAST SOC	5	249	7	6
TELEMAT INFORM	3	74	3	17
TOURISM MANAGE	1	71	1	21

“Quantitative Information Science” invisible college using journal coupling_

“Quantitative Information Science” invisible college
Web of Science ResearcherID	Name
C-1449-2013	Thelwall, Mike
B-5561-2008	Waltman, Ludo
B-6042-2008	van Eck, Nees Jan
D-1867-2009	Orduna-Malea, Enrique
A-3926-2008	Bornmann, Lutz
DVC-6550-2022	Costas, Rodrigo
I-8406-2012	Delgado Lopez-Cozar, Emilio
E-7887-2011	Yan, Erjia
G-3982-2014	Martin-Martin, Alberto
AAF-3179-2019	Vincent Lariviere
K-1903-2017	Zahedi, Zohreh
CDD-2947-2022	Wouters, Paul
AAV-2705-2021	Sugimoto, Cassidy R. R.
DBO-6351-2022	Li, Gang
M-3007-2017	Zhang, Lin
DXD-0818-2022	Rousseau, Ronald
B-1937-2010	Kousha, Kayvan
AAC-9098-2020	Abramo, Giovanni
B-4964-2018	Bu, Yi
J-8162-2012	D’Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea
AAK-9998-2020	Zhang, Chengzhi
DWI-4665-2022	Stuart, Emma
ELP-3589-2022	Abdoli, Mahshid
O-5699-2019	Singh, Vivek Kumar
GXL-0410-2022	Song, Min
A-9925-2010	Haunschild, Robin
D-5718-2016	Sotudeh, Hajar
ERH-7733-2022	Deng, Sanhong
GWE-5296-2022	Chang, Yu-Wei
E-1159-2012	Sivertsen, Gunnar
DUY-9726-2022	Asai, Sumiko
U-3206-2019	Lu An
C-4004-2009	Anegon, Felix de Moya
CQJ-3475-2022	Egghe, Leo
V-5990-2019	Santos, Joao M.
K-2360-2017	Wang, Xianwen
AAB-5998-2019	Arroyo-Machado, Wenceslao
A-3968-2010	Torres-Salinas, Daniel
D-6762-2012	Guns, Raf

A novel approach based on journal coupling to determine authors who are most likely to be part of the same invisible college

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The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Library Science”_

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Quantitative Information Science”

“Information Systems” invisible college using journal coupling_

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Information Systems”

The 100 journals of higher weight to determine the invisible college of “Business and Information Management”_

“Business and Information Managment” invisible college using journal coupling_

“Library Science” invisible college using journal coupling_

Academic journals in which authors from all the invisible colleges have published_

“Quantitative Information Science” invisible college using journal coupling_

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