"Negative" citations?

[Hadas Shema]

Hi Bernie,
There definitely are negative citations, but they are rather rare. I think
the best article about the subject is this one:

MacRoberts, M., & MacRoberts, B. (1984). The Negational Reference: or the
Art of Dissembling Social Studies of Science, 14 (1), 91-94
DOI:10.1177/030631284014001006

And in shameless self-promotion, I wrote a post about the subject:

Your theory is rubbish (but I won’t say it out
loud)<http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/2013/02/12/your-theory-is-rubbish-but-i-wont-say-it-out-loud/>

Hope this helps!
Best,
Hadas


On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:30 AM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> All this citation talk reminds of a question that pops into my head every
> now and then.
>
> This may be a dumb question, but here goes anyway...
>
> I'm assuming there is something like a "negative" citation...where an
> author cites a paper, but in a less-than-flattering light?
>
> Bernie Sloan
>
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