Studies showing that review articles get more citations
Tom Wilson
wilsontd at GMAIL.COM
Tue Feb 23 08:51:00 EST 2010
Is it really worth exploring? I'd have thought it self-evident that, if you
are looking for a review of the literature, as most authors are, you'll site
existing reviews; similarly with methodology - if you are using a particular
theoretical perspective you'll want to cite others as confirmation that you
are on the right track. One of the problems of bibliometrics appears to be
a stunning facility for determining the obvious :-)
Tom Wilson
On 23 February 2010 12:23, Jacques Wainer <wainer at ic.unicamp.br> wrote:
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> I used:
>
> @Article{reviewpap1,
> author = {Aksnes, D. W.},
> title = {Citation rates and perceptions of scientific
> contribution},
> journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science
> and Technology},
> year = 2006,
> key = 2,
> volume = 57,
> pages = {169-185},
> doi = {10.1002/asi.20262}}
>
>
> @Article{reviewpap3,
> author = {H. P. F. Peters and A. F. J. van Raan},
> title = {On determinants of citation scores: A case study in
> chemical engineering},
> journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science},
> year = 1994,
> volume = 45,
> number = 1,
> pages = {39 - 49}}
>
>
> as two references to the phenomenon. In this line, does anyone know
> of studies that point out that METHODOLOGICAL papers are also cited more
> than other research?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jacques Wainer
>
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