The Wisdom of Citing Scientists

[A Carlin]

after an inauspicious start this has turned into a very, very productive day. thanks for sharing papers and references everyone!
best wishes Andrew

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From: ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Metrics on behalf of Loet Leydesdorff
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Olga Amsterdamska and Loet Leydesdorff, Citations: Indicators of
Significance, Scientometrics 15(5-6) (1989) 449-471;

Loet Leydesdorff and Olga Amsterdamska, Dimensions of Citation Analysis,
<http://www.leydesdorff.net/sthv90>*Science, Technology and Human
Values*15 (1990) 305-335.

Best wishes,
Loet



On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:41 PM, A Carlin <acarlin865 at stcolumbs.com> wrote:

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> Hi Vincent,
> brilliant! thanks!
> that's very much appreciated,
> best Andrew
>
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> Vincent
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> Hi Andrew,
>
> Our paper in the ISSI Proceedings does exactly that, using the entire
> dataset of PLOS Papers. It is available at:
> http://www.issi2013.org/Images/ISSI_Proceedings_Volume_I.pdf (page 591).
>
> Cheers,
>
> VL
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> Le 2013-08-10 à 11:02, "A Carlin" <acarlin865 at STCOLUMBS.COM> a écrit :
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> > Ok, thanks David.
> > best Andrew
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> > Sorry Andrew, but I never wrote it up. It was unfunded and just a proof
> of concept.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:11 AM, A Carlin <acarlin865 at STCOLUMBS.COM> wrote:
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> >> Hi David,
> >> do you have a reference for this study please?
> >> with thanks, Andrew
> >>
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> >> I did a small study that found the majority of citations occurring in
> the introductory part of most of the articles. Over 60% of the citations
> occurred in the first 25% of the text on average. This section of the
> article is basically an historical narrative that explains the origin and
> nature of the research problem being reported on. The cited works need not
> have directly influenced the research being reported.
> >>
> >> Then the article typically goes on to explain what was done and what
> was found. Here the citations often identify the sources of methods used or
> data or some such. Direct influence is much more likely but the percentage
> of citations may be low. Finally there may be a broader discussion section,
> with relatively more citations.
> >>
> >> The point is that many citations may not be indicators of direct
> influence (or impact), but rather of historical relevance. In some cases
> the citations may well be found only after the research is done.
> >>
> >> David Wojick
> >>
> >> On Aug 9, 2013, at 12:45 PM, "Smalheiser, Neil" <
> Nsmalheiser at PSYCH.UIC.EDU> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Since Katy covered one aspect of this issue, let me raise a
> complementary
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