Highlights• Analyze citation motivations of Butler (1980) to ascertain scientific contribution.• Identify nine distinct categories of citer motivation.• Citations indicate mostly ‘soft’ knowledge utilization and development.• “Matthew effect” may pertain wherein established academics tend to be over-cited
A large number of theoretical and empirical studies on citation behavior have been conducted interna...
Getting cited is important for scholars and for the institutions in which they work. Whether because...
The issue of using citation based indicators in the evaluation of science is widely discussed. Only ...
Highlights• Analyze citation motivations of Butler (1980) to ascertain scientific contribution.• Ide...
This paper reports on an interview-based citation behaviour study, part of a wider study of trust in...
A crucial aspect in the creation and dissemination of information is the use of citation--references...
An analytical scheme that differentiates among the various types of cognitive and social functions o...
無<br>Citation analysis has been an important area of informetrics (or bibliometrics) for severai dec...
Data citations, or citations in reference lists to data, are increasingly seen as an important means...
International audienceWhile citations have been established as a scientific norm used to support ass...
In this paper I explore the ways in which academic citation practices contribute to the construction...
Research on citation behaviors shows that authors tend to cite the articles of the journals to which...
Michael Calver's recent exhortation "Please Don't Aim for a Highly Cited Paper" (AUR, 57(1): pp. 45-...
This article focuses on why academic writers in computer science and sociology sometimes supply the ...
Research on citations has generally examined citations as part of a system of rewards or as a rhetor...
A large number of theoretical and empirical studies on citation behavior have been conducted interna...
Getting cited is important for scholars and for the institutions in which they work. Whether because...
The issue of using citation based indicators in the evaluation of science is widely discussed. Only ...
Highlights• Analyze citation motivations of Butler (1980) to ascertain scientific contribution.• Ide...
This paper reports on an interview-based citation behaviour study, part of a wider study of trust in...
A crucial aspect in the creation and dissemination of information is the use of citation--references...
An analytical scheme that differentiates among the various types of cognitive and social functions o...
無<br>Citation analysis has been an important area of informetrics (or bibliometrics) for severai dec...
Data citations, or citations in reference lists to data, are increasingly seen as an important means...
International audienceWhile citations have been established as a scientific norm used to support ass...
In this paper I explore the ways in which academic citation practices contribute to the construction...
Research on citation behaviors shows that authors tend to cite the articles of the journals to which...
Michael Calver's recent exhortation "Please Don't Aim for a Highly Cited Paper" (AUR, 57(1): pp. 45-...
This article focuses on why academic writers in computer science and sociology sometimes supply the ...
Research on citations has generally examined citations as part of a system of rewards or as a rhetor...
A large number of theoretical and empirical studies on citation behavior have been conducted interna...
Getting cited is important for scholars and for the institutions in which they work. Whether because...
The issue of using citation based indicators in the evaluation of science is widely discussed. Only ...