Citation counts and social comparisons: Scientists' use and evaluation of citation index data
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Citation Counts and Social Comparisons: Scientists’ Use and Evaluation of Citation index Data
Data from samples of biochemists and sociologists show that nearly all are familiar with citation indexes and that the two groups are equally likely to have used a citation index for bibliographic purposes. We develop three hypotheses from social comparison theory to account for variation in use and evaluation of citation counts as indicators of scientific achievement: (1) more highly cited sci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0049-089X
DOI: 10.1016/0049-089x(90)90006-5