The classification of citing motivations: a meta-synthesis

Lyu, Dongqing; Ruan, Xuanmin; Xie, Juan; Cheng, Ying

doi:10.1007/s11192-021-03908-z

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“…There exists a cognitive citation pressure G R as the driving force for the citation received by a paper [51,52]. The mechanisms and processes of motivations for citation have been discussed in the scientometric research [69][70][71]. The cognitive citation pressure G R is essentially associated with the attractiveness of a paper to be cited.…”

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Comparison of selected mathematical functions for the analysis of growth behavior of items and physical interpretation of AvramiWeibull function

Sangwal¹

2021

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Abstract Empirical data of sigmoidal-shaped y(t) growth behavior of different types of items, such as papers and citations earned by individual and all successively published papers of selected top-cited authors, germination of tomato seeds and three different bacteria, are analyzed and compared by Avrami-Weibull, Verhulst (logistic) and Gompertz functions. It was found that: (1) Avrami-Weibull function describes different types of the data better than Gompertz and Verhulst funtions, and (2), in comparison with Verhulst and Gompertz functions, Avrami-Weibull function, expressed in the form: y(t)/ymax = 1-exp[(t/Q)q] (where ymax is the maximum value of y(t) when t ® ¥, and Q and q are constants), is equally very versatile in explaining the generation rate dy(t)/dt of items in terms of its parameters Q and q. Using the basic concepts involved in the derivation of Avrami-Weibull function for overall crystallization from melt and supersaturated solution, the growth behavior of cumulative number y(t) of items produced at time t by individual (simple) sources and collectives or groups of simple sources (i.e. complex or composite sources) is presented. Comparison of the process of receiving of citations by papers with the processes of occurrence of chemical reactions and crystallization of solid phases from melts and supersaturated solutions shows that this process is similar to that of overall crystallization of solid phases from melts and solutions. Analysis of growth of citations using Avrami-Weibull function to individual papers published by different authors shows that 1 < q < 4 for most cases. This suggests that the process of citations to individual articles is mainly determined by progressive nucleation mode involving both diffusion and integration of published knowledge.

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Comparison of selected mathematical functions for the analysis of growth behavior of items and physical interpretation of AvramiWeibull function

Sangwal¹

2021

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“…For example, Al‐Daihani (2016) found that social influence predicted student users' perceived usefulness of Twitter because they valued their peers' perceptions of Twitter. Lyu et al's (2021) meta‐synthesis showed that seven existing studies on citing motivation supported the influence from advisors, journals, and academic norms.…”

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Citing criteria and its effects on researcher's intention to cite: A mixed‐method study

Xie

Kang

et al. 2022

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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This study explored users' criteria for citation decisions and investigated the effects on users' intention to cite using a mixed-method approach. A qualitative study was conducted first, where 16 citing criteria were identified based on interviews and inductive analysis. The findings were then used to develop hypotheses and extend the information adoption model. A questionnaire was designed to collect data from users in Chinese universities to test the research model. The findings indicated that pleasure, topicality, and functionality significantly increased users' perceived information usefulness, while familiarity and accessibility significantly enhanced users' perceived ease of use. Information usefulness and information ease of use further contributed to users' intention to cite with adjusted R 2 equaling 44.6%. It is also found that perceived academic quality based on 5 antecedents (i.e., reliability, comprehensiveness, novelty, author credibility, and source reputation) significantly increased users' pleasure. Implications and limitations were provided.

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“…The critical citation itself seems to have inspired few dedicated studies, nevertheless it is almost always included in the many citation typologies that we have been able to examine. Moreover, in their recent meta-analysis of citing motivations, Lyu et al (2021) identified 25 studies (out of 38 included in their study) that clearly described one of the motivations of the citers as being to criticize. It is difficult to reconcile all these classification schemes insofar as they were not developed for the same purposes, depending on whether they were intended, for example, to facilitate the annotation of corpora or to automate the identification of distinct types of citations in texts, and also depending on whether the aim was to examine the reader's point of view or that of the citing author, even if his/her motives can only be assumed.…”

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“…A specific column indicates whether the label is part of a typology or not. Mixed opinion (Frost 1979;Lyu et al 2021) Yes X Negational citations (Bertin and Atanassova 2016;Cano 1989;Chubin and Moitra 1975;Hassan and Serenko 2019;Li et al 2013;Lin 2018;MacRoberts and MacRoberts 1984;Moravcsik and Murugesan 1975;Swales 1986) Yes/ No X Negative citations (Ball 2015;Catalini et al 2015;Di Iorio et al 2018;Erikson and Erlandson 2014;Geras et al 2020;JHA et al 2017;Liu 2017;Schneider et al 2020;Shadish et al 1995;Small 2004;Teufel et al 2006a;White 2004;Yu 2014;Zhang et al 2013) Yes/No X Negative credit (Brooks 1985) Yes X…”

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Critical citations in knowledge construction and citation analysis: from paradox to definition

Bordignon

2022

Scientometrics

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Critical citations are lacking a common definition in relation to extant research on knowledge construction and citation analysis, whereas studies on these topics seem to provide a fully relevant theoretical framework, making criticism an essential phenomenon for the progress of science. We propose to explain this paradox by the fact that a citation seems to have a positive polarity by default and that a polarity shift is the result of a stronger commitment on the part of the author. This results in the use of specific cue words. By studying the labels (and their associated definitions) that 53 other studies equated with the concept of critical citation, we identified 3 functions on which to base the definition of critical citation: "to criticize", "to compare" and "to question" other works. While these studies seem to consider the criticize function as central and probably more frequent, the analysis of a corpus of 51 text snippets containing a citation (all retrieved from those same studies) reveals that the citations considered as critical by these same authors are often comparisons between results rather than blunt attacks against the cited works. This three-function based definition and the set of wordings gathered in this study provide a new basis for the design of tools dedicated to citation polarity detection. Indeed, the lexical and grammatical markers characterizing comparison must be taken into account in addition to those expressing a negative evaluation and those expressing doubt.

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The classification of citing motivations: a meta-synthesis

Cited by 32 publications

References 61 publications

Comparison of selected mathematical functions for the analysis of growth behavior of items and physical interpretation of AvramiWeibull function

Comparison of selected mathematical functions for the analysis of growth behavior of items and physical interpretation of AvramiWeibull function

Citing criteria and its effects on researcher's intention to cite: A mixed‐method study

Critical citations in knowledge construction and citation analysis: from paradox to definition

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