How is science cited on the web? A classification of google unique web citations, Kousha, K; Thelwall, M, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 58 (11). SEP 2007. p.1631-1644

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: kkoosha at ut.ac.ir

Author(s): Kousha, K (Kousha, Kayvan); Thelwall, M (Thelwall, Mike)
 
Title: How is science cited on the web? A classification of google unique 
web citations 

Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY, 58 (11): 1631-1644 SEP 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Keywords Plus: SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION; LINK 
ANALYSIS; CO-WORDS; INFORMATION; FRAMEWORK; INTERNET; ACCESS; IMPACT; MODEL

Cited Reference Count: 51 
Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 
Publisher Address: 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA 

ISSN: 1532-2882 
Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information 
Science & Library Science 
 
Abstract: Although the analysis of citations in the scholarly literature 
is now an established and relatively well understood part of information 
science, not enough is known about citations that can be found on the Web. 
In particular, are there new Web types, and if so, are these trivial or 
potentially useful for studying or evaluating research communication? We 
sought evidence based upon a sample of 1,577 Web citations of the URLs or 
titles of research articles in 64 open-access journals from biology, 
physics, chemistry, and computing. Only 25% represented intellectual 
impact, from references of Web documents (23%) and other informal 
scholarly sources (2%). Many of the Web/URL citations were created for 
general or subject-specific navigation (45%) or for self-publicity (22%). 
Additional analyses revealed significant disciplinary differences in the 
types of Google unique Web/URL citations as well as some characteristics 
of scientific open-access publishing on the Web. We conclude that the Web 
provides access to a new and different type of citation information, one 
that may therefore enable us to measure different aspects of research, and 
the research process in particular; but to obtain good information, the 
different types should be separated. 
Addresses: Univ Tehran, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Tehran, Iran; 
Wolverhampton Univ, Sch Comp & Informat Technol, Wolverhampton WV1 1ST, 
England 

Reprint Address: Kousha, K, Univ Tehran, Dept Lib & Informat Sci, Tehran, 
Iran. 

E-mail Address: kkoosha at ut.ac.ir; m.thelwall at wlv.ac.uk 

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