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

Autor: Zhao Dangzhi, Cappello Alicia, Johnston Lucinda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Data and Information Science, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 51-69 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2543-683X
DOI: 10.1515/jdis-2017-0003
Popis: (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.
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