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A classification of citation roles for the social sciences and related fields
Abstract
The paper proposes a classification scheme for the roles of citations in empirical studies from the social sciences and related fields. The use of the classification, which has eight categories, is illustrated in sociology, education, demography, epidemiology and librarianship; its association with the citations' location within the paper is presented. The question of repeated citations of the same document is discussed. Several research...
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Title
A classification of citation roles for the social sciences and related fields
Published Date
Sep 1, 1983
Journal
Volume
5
Issue
5
Pages
303 - 312
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