7.2 Links

Show or Hide Link Strengths

The strength of a link ranges from 0 to 1. In CiteSpace, you may see the strength of a link expressed as a number between 0 and 100 (%) or in a decimal format between 0 and 1.0. For example, 0.55 is equivalent to 55%, or simple 55.

To turn on/off the display of the strength of a link, use Display ►Link Strength Show/Hide.

Filter Links By Strengths

You may filter the display of links in the visualized network by the strength of these links. For example, you make all the links visible or choose to display strong links and filter out weak links.

Use the Link Filter slider located in the Views tab of the Control Panel.

The figure on the left shows all the links. The figure on the right shows the network with links below 55% or 0.55 filtered out. Note that filtered links are made almost invisible, but you can still see them as part of the background.