中文摘要：

CitNetExplorer是莱顿大学的Van Eck与Waltman及其团队研发的一款新的科学文献计量分析软件。本文首先介绍了CitNetExplorer的基本功能与主要界面,以及如何通过CitNetExplorer软件来构建文献引文网络,并梳理了CitNetExplorer在网络图谱可视化方面的一些功能优势;其次,通过应用举例来具体说明利用CitNetExplorer来分析科学文献引用关系的具体流程与步骤;最后,指出了其现有的不足及有待改进之处。

英文摘要：

CitNetExplorer is a new bibliometrics analysis software which was developed by Van Eck and Waltman and their team in Leiden University. Firstly, this paper introduces the basic functionalities and main panels of CitNetExplorer, and how to construct the citation network map through CitNetExplorer and its ad- vantages in visualization. Secondly, it demonstrates the specific processes and steps of analyzingscientific publications citation network by using CitNetExplorer in exemplifying application. At last, this paper illus- trates some deficiencies of CitNetExplorer.