  This paper proposes a new framework for Citation Content Analysis (CCA), for
syntactic and semantic analysis of citation content that can be used to better
analyze the rich sociocultural context of research behavior. The framework
could be considered the next generation of citation analysis. This paper
briefly reviews the history and features of content analysis in traditional
social sciences, and its previous application in Library and Information
Science. Based on critical discussion of the theoretical necessity of a new
method as well as the limits of citation analysis, the nature and purposes of
CCA are discussed, and potential procedures to conduct CCA, including
principles to identify the reference scope, a two-dimensional (citing and
cited) and two-modular (syntactic and semantic modules) codebook, are provided
and described. Future works and implications are also suggested.
