On the objectives of citation analysis: Problems of theory and method

Peritz, Bluma C.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199207)43:6<448::aid-asi5>3.0.co;2-9

Cited by 48 publications

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“…Like other activities of science, citation behavior is assumed to be governed by a set of norms which require authors to cite documents that have influenced them in developing their current works in order to give credit where credit is due (Edge, 1979;Griffith, 1990;Peritz, 1992;Tranöy, 1980). Although citations for reasons other than giving due credit exist (Cronin, 1984;Edge, 1979), citation analysis has generally been found to produce valid results because it is based on a statistical analysis of the collective perceptions of large numbers of citing authors, most of whom do adhere to the norms, most of the time (Small, 1977;White, 1990).…”

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Functions of Uni- and Multi-citations: Implications for Weighted Citation Analysis

Zhao

Cappello

Johnston

2017

Journal of Data and Information Science

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Purpose: (1) To test basic assumptions underlying frequency-weighted citation analysis: (a) Uni-citations correspond to citations that are nonessential to the citing papers; (b) The influence of a cited paper on the citing paper increases with the frequency with which it is cited in the citing paper. (2) To explore the degree to which citation location may be used to help identify nonessential citations. Findings: Filtering out nonessential citations before assigning weight is important for frequency-weighted citation analysis. For this purpose, removing citations by location is more effective than re-citation analysis that simply removes uni-citations. Removing all citation occurrences in the Background and Literature Review sections and uni-citations in the Introduction section appears to provide a good balance between filtration and error rates. Research limitations:This case study suffers from the limitation of scalability and generalizability. We took careful measures to reduce the impact of other limitations of the data collection approach used. Relying on the researcher's judgment to attribute citation functions, this approach is unobtrusive but speculative, and can suffer from a low degree of confidence, thus creating reliability concerns. Practical implications:Weighted citation analysis promises to improve citation analysis for research evaluation, knowledge network analysis, knowledge representation, and information retrieval. The present study showed the importance of filtering out nonessential citations before assigning weight in a weighted citation analysis, which may be a significant step forward to realizing these promises.

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Section: Research Papermentioning

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Functions of Uni- and Multi-citations: Implications for Weighted Citation Analysis

Zhao

Cappello

Johnston

2017

Journal of Data and Information Science

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“…O estudo das citações pode revelar, ainda, as realizações científicas de indivíduos, grupos, instituições ou países. Podem também mostrar a evolução de um campo específico (Moravcsik;Murugesan, 1975), permitir o estudo das características dos procedimentos de busca e recuperação da informação (Peritz, 1992) ou comportamentos dos cientistas, suas tendências de concentração em campos, em instituições, em países e no uso de determinados periódicos Morel, 1977). Destaca-se, como particularmente importante no contexto do presente trabalho, que a análise de citações pode ser utilizada na avaliação do uso de publicações.…”

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Uso dos periódicos do Portal CAPES pelos Programas de Pós-graduação da Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara - UNESP - no período de 2000 a 2005

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Este artigo apresenta o resultado de uma pesquisa que teve por objetivo principal verificar se o Portal de Periódicos CAPES atende às necessidades de informação de usuários na área de odontologia. Como revisão de literatura, o trabalho traça a evolução, a consolidação e as tendências das bibliotecas digitais de periódicos e analisa as pesquisas existentes sobre o uso do Portal de Periódicos CAPES por usuários da área de saúde e ciências correlatas. O estudo identificou 91 títulos de periódicos de odontologia citados nas referências bibliográficas das teses e dissertações defendidas no período de 2000 a 2005, na Faculdade de Odontologia da UNESP de Araraquara, os quais foram comparados com aqueles que constam do Portal de Periódicos CAPES. Nos resultados são relacionados, para a área de odontologia, os títulos de periódicos citados mas não pertencentes ao Portal, os títulos do Portal não citados nos trabalhos e a frequência de citação de cada título. Essa análise propiciou, também, levantar dados sobre os periódicos de odontologia mais utilizados pelos alunos de pós-graduação da mesma faculdade, para verificar a adequação da coleção de periódicos da sua Biblioteca às necessidades de informação de seus usuários.

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“…1 The current study falls within this area in that we wanted to know how social science thesis students use scholarly materials. We also hoped to be able to identify any unique use pa erns among the different disciplines within the social sciences.…”

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Transition to Electronic Resources in Undergraduate Social Science Research: A Study of Honors Theses Bibliographies, 1999–2005

Kriebel¹,

Lapham²

2008

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This citation analysis assesses use of print and electronic resources in advanced undergraduate research at Wellesley College. Using four years of social science honors theses bibliographies, the proportionate use of electronic versus print sources is determined. Consistent disciplinebased patterns in resource use are identified to inform future instruction and digital collections policies. Findings reveal: (1) an explosion in use of nonperiodical, nonbook Web sources; (2) a rapid decline in the use of print journals; and (3) a persistent lack of use of e-books. The authors argue that greater emphasis on starting research with scholarly indexes and bibliographies is a fruitful corrective to recent overdependence on random Web searching and will also better ground students in solid research practices as transitions in the scholarly publishing world continue.

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On the objectives of citation analysis: Problems of theory and method

Cited by 48 publications

References 12 publications

Functions of Uni- and Multi-citations: Implications for Weighted Citation Analysis

Functions of Uni- and Multi-citations: Implications for Weighted Citation Analysis

Uso dos periódicos do Portal CAPES pelos Programas de Pós-graduação da Faculdade de Odontologia de Araraquara - UNESP - no período de 2000 a 2005

Transition to Electronic Resources in Undergraduate Social Science Research: A Study of Honors Theses Bibliographies, 1999–2005

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