Counting citations in texts rather than reference lists to improve the accuracy of assessing scientific contribution

CRR, closely related reference; LRR, less related reference. Being cited is a popular measure of the scientific contribution of a scientific paper and consequently a well-used measure of the academic reputation of the authors, their institutions, and the journal that published it 1-6. In common citation index systems, like ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar, all citations are treated equally. However, all authors would agree that...