The structure of social science literature as shown by a large-scale citation analysis

Line, Maurice Β.

doi:10.1016/0143-6236(81)90001-6

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“…One could argue that citations made in books follow a substantially different pattern than those made in journals. However, as suggested by some, one can expect that if books follow a different pattern of referencing they would tend to cite books more often than journal literature would (Cronin, Snyder, & Atkins 1997;Line, 1981). Hence, this would tend to further increase-not decrease-the measured difference in referencing patterns between specialties, thus confirming our results.…”

Section: Figure 1 Shows That the Proportion Of Citations To Journals supporting

confidence: 81%

The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities

Larivière

Archambault

Gingras

et al. 2006

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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sciences, but that its role in the humanities is stagnant and has even tended to diminish slightly in the 1990s. Journal literature accounts for less than 50% of the citations in several disciplines of the social sciences and humanities; hence, special care should be used when using bibliometric indicators that rely only on journal literature. IntroductionBibliometrics and other quantitative methods are being used increasingly in research evaluation because of the growing concern about accountability of public spending in science (King, 1987;Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, 2001). While the validity and appropriateness of bibliometric methods are largely accepted in the natural sciences, the situation is more complex in the case of the social sciences and humanities.Bibliometricians who evaluate research output in the natural sciences can rely on a well-defined set of core journals that contains the most-cited research and is covered comprehensively by both disciplinary and interdisciplinary databases. The same cannot be said about the social sciences and humanities.Hicks (1999, 2004)

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Section: Figure 1 Shows That the Proportion Of Citations To Journals supporting

confidence: 81%

The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities

Larivière

Archambault

Gingras

et al. 2006

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

227

123

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“…Likewise, while previous research found that monographs received a greater proportion of citations than journal articles in the sociological literature [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27], this study indicates that this phenomenon varies by methodology. Perhaps the most insightful finding of this research, the sampled qualitative articles were comparably more likely to cite monographs than journal articles, while quantitative articles were more likely to cite journals than monographs.…”

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“…Several studies have found that monographs receive a greater proportion of citations than journal articles in the sociological literature [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A citation analysis of the quantitative/qualitative methods debate's reflection in sociology research: Implications for library collection development

Swygart-Hobaugh

2004

Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services

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This study examines how the social sciences' debate between qualitative and quantitative methods is reflected in the citation patterns of sociology journal articles.Citation analysis revealed that quantitative articles were more likely to cite journal articles than monographs, while qualitative articles were more likely to cite monographs than journals. Quantitative articles cited other articles from their own quantitativedominated journals but virtually excluded citations to articles from qualitative journals, while qualitative articles cited articles from the quantitative-dominated journals as well as their own qualitative-specialized journals. Discussion and conclusions include this study's implications for library collection development.

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“…Line's large-scale citation analysis of the social science literature, linguistics is one of thirteen disciplines considered. 20 Other similarly broad bibliometric analyses of the social sciences, such as those by Robert N. Broadus, Wolfgang Glanzel, and Glanzel and Urs Schoepflin, do not include linguistics. [21][22][23] Within the literature of the sciences, Yngve and Wasik's Hard-Science Linguistics is one of the only publications to argue for the alignment of linguistics with the natural sciences.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A Citation Study of the Characteristics of the Linguistics Literature

Georgas

Cullars

2005

CRL

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By analyzing the citation patterns of the linguistics literature, the authors provide a bibliometric description of the discipline that will help librarians who have reference, instruction, or collection development responsibilities in this area understand it better. One important aspect of such an understanding is determining where linguistics classifies within the humanities, the social sciences, and the sciences. Based on several of the citation patterns discovered, namely the importance of recent publications to the field, and the prominence of journals as a primary vehicle of scholarly communication, this analysis concludes that linguistics more closely resembles the disciplines of the social sciences.

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The structure of social science literature as shown by a large-scale citation analysis

Cited by 43 publications

References 8 publications

The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities

The place of serials in referencing practices: Comparing natural sciences and engineering with social sciences and humanities

A citation analysis of the quantitative/qualitative methods debate's reflection in sociology research: Implications for library collection development

A Citation Study of the Characteristics of the Linguistics Literature

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