How authors cite references? A study of characteristics of in‐text citations

Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 179 - 187
Published: Jan 1, 2018
Abstract
How to differentiate citations is continuously an important research question of citation analysis. Recently, some researchers analyze full‐text academic articles with tools and techniques of natural language processing to find out the characteristics of in‐text citations. In this study, we analyze 4,255 articles published during 2007 to 2016 to explore how authors of library and information science (LIS) cite references in their articles. The...
Paper Details
Title
How authors cite references? A study of characteristics of in‐text citations
Published Date
Jan 1, 2018
Volume
55
Issue
1
Pages
179 - 187
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