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RODRIGUEZ-ESTRADA, Alejandra. Citation Networks as an Element of Construction of the Scientific Field: Analysis of Political Communication in Mexico. Palabra Clave [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.3, pp.641-672. ISSN 0122-8285.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2018.21.3.2.

This paper comprises the objectified structure of the scientific field of political communication in Mexico, based on the citations found in published texts. For this purpose, bibliometrics and modeling of sociograms were used using the technique of social network analysis (SNA). A documentary systematization of texts from 1970 to 2012 was carried out, resulting in a corpus of 99 publications found in open-access portals: the Centro de Documentación en Ciencias de la Comunicación del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, the Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal of the Autonomous University of Mexico State, and the Brazilian database, Scientific Electronic Library Online. Based on the data found, the analysis showed a relatively intricate and active field in citation networks, as well as the existence of a multidisciplinary dynamic when authors outside the field are cited, especially from the field of political science. Results show that there is a structure of regular mutual dependence, particularly due to the exchange of recognition and relationship capitals. The study proposes a methodology that may be relevant for comparative studies between countries or areas ofknowledge in the recognition of communication between researchers and the social construction of knowledge.

Palabras clave : Scientific field; scientific capital; political communication; citation culture; social network analysis.

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