Original paper
An analysis of citation functions in the humanities and social sciences research from the perspective of problematic citation analysis assumptions
Abstract
Citation analyses are based on two questionable assumptions that significantly influence the value of citation count: the equal contribution assumption (i.e., each citation contributes equally to the citing paper) and the positive endorsement assumption (i.e., each citation is viewed as an endorsement from the citing paper to the cited work). This study employed a citation context analysis approach to examine the distributions of essential...
Paper Details
Title
An analysis of citation functions in the humanities and social sciences research from the perspective of problematic citation analysis assumptions
Published Date
May 11, 2018
Journal
Volume
116
Issue
2
Pages
797 - 813
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