雖然Histcite發展於1996年,今日看來已經是非常早期的文獻引文分析研究軟體,其功能仍然健全,即使是款小眾工具,通過資料分析,可以快速繪製出某個研究領域的發展脈絡圖,面對來勢洶洶的新興軟體也毫不遜色。Histcite Pro是一位Tsing網友用Python修正原本Histcite開啟的問題,讓使用者操作更方便,其他功能依舊。本文就使用Histcite的意義談起,希望使用勿把使用軟體整理資料和寫論文混為一談,軟體只是助力,資料修編和論文撰寫仍要靠自己親力親為。同時,依據個人研究經驗提出建議,舉實例分析其功能,和常見問題的解決方式,供有興趣的使用者參考。
Although Histcite developed in 1996 seems to be quite out of date literature citation analysis software, its function is still a sound and niche tool which can quickly map out the development of a research field through data analysis. The emerging software in the face of the trend is not inferior. Histcite Pro is an upgrade version be Tsing who used Python to correct the problems of Histcite to make the operation more convenient and user friendly. This article attempts to illustrate the meaning of using Histcite the software used to compute the data, whereas the researcher should view the software as a help while writing the research paper. Histcite can serve as a supportive tool for the data revision; however, paper writing still relies on the researchers' own. Based on my personal research experience, I propose some recommendations and examples of using Histcite Pro, the difficulties encountered and solutions for interested users.