O'Leary, DE (O'Leary, Daniel E.) The relationship between citations and number of downloads in Decision Support Systems DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, 45 (4): 972-980 Sp. Iss. SI NOV 2008

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: oleary at tisc.edu 

Author(s): O'Leary, DE (O'Leary, Daniel E.) 

Title: The relationship between citations and number of downloads in 
Decision Support Systems
 
Source: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, 45 (4): 972-980 Sp. Iss. SI NOV 2008 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 
Author Keywords: Decision Support Systems; Citations; Downloads; Google 
Scholar; SSCI; ISI World of Knowledge; Elsevier Science; Scopus; H-Index 

Abstract: In this increasingly digital age, the number of times a paper is 
downloaded and the number of citations to it are becoming indicators of 
the interest, visibility and impact of the paper. As a result. downloads 
and citations increasingly are becoming a part of the evaluation process 
of faculty, departments and universities.
This paper finds that the number of citations and downloads are closely 
related. A statistically significant relationship is found between the 
number of citations from different citation sources and the number of 
downloads of Decision Support Systems. In addition. the different the 
number of citations from sources of citation information are found to be 
highly correlated with each other. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights 
reserved. 

Addresses: Univ So Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA 

Reprint Address: O'Leary, DE, Univ So Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA. 

E-mail Address: oleary at tisc.edu 

Cited Reference Count: 39 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 

Publisher Address: PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 

ISSN: 0167-9236 

DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.03.008 

29-char Source Abbrev.: DECIS SUPPORT SYST 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Decis. Support Syst. 

Source Item Page Count: 9 

Subject Category: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Computer 
Science, Information Systems; Operations Research & Management Science 

ISI Document Delivery No.: 369SJ 

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