Should Citations be Counted Separately from Each Originating Section

Published: Mar 18, 2019
Abstract
Articles are cited for different purposes and differentiating between reasons when counting citations may therefore give finer-grained citation count information. Although identifying and aggregating the individual reasons for each citation may be impractical, recording the number of citations that originate from different article sections might illuminate the general reasons behind a citation count (e.g., 110 citations = 10 Introduction...
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Should Citations be Counted Separately from Each Originating Section
Published Date
Mar 18, 2019
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