The invariant distribution of references in scientific articles

Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 164 - 177
Published: Jan 1, 2016
Abstract
The organization of scientific papers typically follows a standardized pattern, the well-known IMRaD structure introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Using the full text of 45,000 papers published in the PLoS series of journals as a case study, this paper investigates, from the viewpoint of bibliometrics, how references are distributed along the structure of scientific papers as well as the age of these cited references. Once the...
Paper Details
Title
The invariant distribution of references in scientific articles
Published Date
Jan 1, 2016
Volume
67
Issue
1
Pages
164 - 177
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