Bibliographic coupling

The term bibliographic coupling originates from the field of bibliometrics and shall mean a simple direct quotation ( citation ) and the Kozitation one of the three ways the relationship of scientific publications.

A bibliographic coupling between two publications, when they come together to cite a third, previously published work, so both cite this work in their bibliography. The method of bibliographic coupling was in 1963 by the American MM Kessler from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology introduced in bibliometrics.

In contrast to Kozitation in which it can be concluded Near relationships between "older" publications, relations between just been published papers are produced with the help of the bibliographic coupling.