An Invisible Network of Knowledge Production in the Electronic Commerce Field: Theory and Evidence

探索電子商務研究領域之泛知識網路

本研究之目的為提出一個泛知識網路模式並探索內含在當代電子商務研究文獻之智慧結構。本研究以書目計量學和社會網路分析技術為研究方法；以2000年至2006年發表在SSCI及SCI期刊有關電子商務議題的研究文獻為對象，共計分析了1,333篇文獻及28,470筆參考文獻資料。研究結果呈現當代電子商務研究領域最具影響力的學者和文獻及其間的相關性；進一步描繪出當代電子商務研究領域的泛知識網路及闡明研究領城的發展及變化。

To map the intellectual structure of electronic commerce studies in this century, this study proposes a generic model of invisible network of knowledge through which the most important publications and the most influential scholars as well as the correlations among these publications can be identified. In this study, bibliometric and social network analysis techniques are used to investigate the intellectual pillars of the electronic commerce literature. By analyzing 28,470 citations of 1,333 articles published in SSCI and SCI journals in electronic commerce area between 2000 and 2006, this study maps an invisible network of knowledge of electronic commerce studies. The results of the mapping present a solid foundation for a knowledge network in electronic commerce area and help identify the invisible network of knowledge that traces the evolution of electronic commerce research.