Problems of citation analysis: A study of uncited and seldom-cited influences

نویسندگان

  • Michael H. MacRoberts
  • Barbara R. MacRoberts
چکیده

To determine influences on the production of a scientific article, the content of the article must be studied.We examined articles in biogeography and found that most of the influence is not cited, specific types of articles that are influential are cited while other types of that also are influential are not cited, and work that is “uncited” and “seldom cited” is used extensively. As a result, evaluative citation analysis should take uncited work into account.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JASIST

دوره 61  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010