Adair JG, Vohra N "The explosion of knowledge, references, and citations - Psychology's unique response to a crisis" AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST 58 (1): 15-23 JAN 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

I urge the members of SIG-Metrics to read this excellent study of citation
behavior in psychology and for the authors' incisive comments on these new
trends in referencing.  The reported trends in social psychology journals
should result in overall increases in journal impact factors.

Eugene Garfield

_________________________________________________________________

Professor John G. Adair :  adair at ms.umanitoba.ca
_________________________________________________________________

TITLE    The explosion of knowledge, references, and citations -
         Psychology's unique response to a crisis
AUTHOR   Adair JG, Vohra N
JOURNAL  AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST  58 (1): 15-23 JAN 2003


 Document type: Article
 Language: English
 Cited References: 31
 Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
The knowledge explosion has created enormous difficulties for researchers to
be aware of, access, and process the volume of new literature. Electronic
literature retrieval systems and specialization on narrow topics have been
strategies used to cope with these problems. In this study, the authors
examined the additional effects of the knowledge explosion on researchers'
writing, referencing, and citing. Counts of references within sampled
empirical journal articles in sociology, physics, biology, and experimental
and social psychology revealed impacts of the knowledge explosion in all
disciplines but the greatest effects within psychology. Detailed analyses
indicated that substantial changes in the numbers of references and
citations and in their format and use within the research article are
psychology's unique response to the knowledge explosion.

KeyWords Plus:
PUBLICATION TRENDS, APA STYLE, PROGRESS, JPSP

Addresses:
Adair JG, Univ Manitoba, Dept Psychol, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Univ Manitoba, Dept Psychol, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Indian Inst Management, Ahmedabad 380015, Gujarat, India

Publisher:
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC, 750 FIRST ST NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20002-4242 USA

IDS Number:
657TQ

ISSN:
0003-066X


 Cited Author            Cited Work                Volume      Page  Year
    ID

 *AM PSYCH ASS         PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS                            2001
 *AM PSYCH ASS         PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS                            1994
 *AM PSYCH ASS         PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS                            1983
 *AM PSYCH ASS         PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS                            1974
 *AM PSYCH ASS         PUBL MAN AM PSYCH AS                            1967
 *I SCI INF            J CIT REP CD ROM                                1997
 ADAIR JG              INT J PSYCHOL                 28       149      1993
 ADAIR RK              BEHAV BRAIN SCI                5       196      1982
 BREWER BW             AM PSYCHOL                    56       266      2001
 COLE S                WEB KNOWLEDGE FESTSC                   109      2000
 CONWAY L              DIALOGUE                      16        14      2001
 FORM W                AM SOCIOL REV                553        R7      1988
 GARFIELD E            SCIENCE                      122       108      1955
 HIGGINS ET            PERS SOC PSYCHOL B            18       489      1992
 INNES JM              B BRIT PSYCHOL SOC            26       227      1973
 KASER RT              ELECT DATABASES PUBL                     9      1998
 MADIGAN R             AM PSYCHOL                    50       428      1995
 MOGHADDAM FM          SPECIALIZED SOC PLIG                            1997
 MORAVCSIK MJ          BEHAV BRAIN SCI                5       228      1982
 PRICE DJ              LITTLE SCI BIG SCI                              1986
 PRICE DJ              SCI BABYLON                                     1961
 PRICE DJD             SCIENCE                      149       510      1965
 REIS HT               PERS SOC PSYCHOL B            18       465      1992
 SCHNEIDER DJ          PERS SOC PSYCHOL B            18       498      1992
 SULS J                DIALOGUE                      16         4      2001
 SULS J                DIALOGUE                      16        28      2001
 THORNGATE W           CAN PSYCHOL                   31       262      1990
 VANDENBOS GR          AM PSYCHOL ASS HIST                    347      1992
 VOHRA N               ANN M CAN PSYCH ASS                             1991
 WEST SG               PERS SOC PSYCHOL B            18       473      1992
 XHIGNESSE LV          AM PSYCHOL                    22       778      1967