Where Do Your Citations Come From? Citation-Constellation: A Free, Open-Source, No-Code, and Auditable Tool for Citation Network Decomposition with Complementary BARON and HEROCON Scores

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Citation-Constellation is a free, open-source tool for citation network analysis with BARON and HEROCON scores

advanced Published 26 Mar 2026
Action Steps
  1. Analyze citation networks using Citation-Constellation
  2. Decompose a researcher's citation profile by network proximity between citing and cited authors using BARON and HEROCON scores
  3. Interpret the results to understand the social and structural pathways of scholarly influence
  4. Apply the insights to research evaluation, recommendation systems, or other applications
Who Needs to Know This

Researchers and data scientists on a team can benefit from Citation-Constellation to analyze citation networks and understand the social and structural pathways of scholarly influence, while product managers and entrepreneurs can explore its potential applications in research evaluation and recommendation systems

Key Insight

💡 Citation-Constellation provides a new way to analyze citation networks and understand the social and structural pathways of scholarly influence

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