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=== Academic article ===

Academic citation databases such as [[Web of Science]] and [[Scopus]] include comprehensive digitized citation information. These information make it possible to apply main path analysis to examine the knowledge structure or trace the knowledge flow of any scientific fields. Some early applications explores the subject of centrality-productivity,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hummon|first=Norman P.|last2=Doreian|first2=Patrick|last3=Freeman|first3=Linton C.|date=2016-08-18|title=Analyzing the Structure of the Centrality-Productivity Literature Created Between 1948 and 1979|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/107554709001100405|journal=Knowledge|language=en|volume=11|issue=4|pages=459–480|doi=10.1177/107554709001100405}}</ref> conflict resolution,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carley|first=Kathleen M.|last2=Hummon|first2=Norman P.|last3=Harty|first3=Martha|date=2016-08-17|title=Scientific Influence|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/107554709301400406|journal=Knowledge|language=en|volume=14|issue=4|pages=417–447|doi=10.1177/107554709301400406}}</ref> etc. More recent applications include fullerenes,<ref name=":3" /> nanotubes,<ref name=":3" /> data envelopment analysis,<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liu|first=John S.|last2=Lu|first2=Louis Y.Y.|last3=Lu|first3=Wen-Min|title=Research fronts in data envelopment analysis|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2015.04.004|journal=Omega|volume=58|pages=33–45|doi=10.1016/j.omega.2015.04.004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liu|first=John S.|last2=Lu|first2=Louis Y.Y.|last3=Lu|first3=Wen-Min|last4=Lin|first4=Bruce J.Y.|title=A survey of DEA applications|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2012.11.004|journal=Omega|volume=41|issue=5|pages=893–902|doi=10.1016/j.omega.2012.11.004}}</ref> supply chain management,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Claudia Colicchia|last2=Fernanda Strozzi|date=2012-06-15|title=Supply chain risk management: a new methodology for a systematic literature review|url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/13598541211246558|journal=Supply Chain Management: An International Journal|volume=17|issue=4|pages=403–418|doi=10.1108/13598541211246558|issn=1359-8546}}</ref> corporate social responsibility,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lu|first=Louis Y.Y.|last2=Liu|first2=John S.|date=2014-03-01|title=The Knowledge Diffusion Paths of Corporate Social Responsibility – From 1970 to 2011|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/csr.1309/abstract|journal=Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management|language=en|volume=21|issue=2|pages=113–128|doi=10.1002/csr.1309|issn=1535-3966}}</ref> IT outsourcing,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liang|first=Huigang|last2=Wang|first2=Jian-Jun|last3=Xue|first3=Yajiong|last4=Cui|first4=Xiaocong|title=IT outsourcing research from 1992 to 2013: A literature review based on main path analysis|url=httphttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2015.10.001|journal=Information & Management|volume=53|issue=2|pages=227–251|doi=10.1016/j.im.2015.10.001}}</ref> medical tourism,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chuang|first=Thomas C.|last2=Liu|first2=John S.|last3=Lu|first3=Louis Y.Y.|last4=Lee|first4=Yachi|title=The main paths of medical tourism: From transplantation to beautification|url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.016|journal=Tourism Management|volume=45|pages=49–58|doi=10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.016}}</ref> etc.

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