Where are citations located in the body of scientific articles? A study of the distributions of citation locations
Abstract
We address issues concerning what one may learn from how citation instances are distributed in scientific articles. We visualize and analyze patterns of citation distributions in the full text of 350 articles published in the Journal of Informetrics. In particular, we visualize and analyze the distributions of citations in articles that are organized in a commonly seen four-section structure, namely, introduction, method, results, and...
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Title
Where are citations located in the body of scientific articles? A study of the distributions of citation locations
Published Date
Oct 1, 2013
Journal
Volume
7
Issue
4
Pages
887 - 896
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