The geography of scientific citations
Abstract
Science’s main norms prescribe scientists to use citations as acknowledgements of cognitive content irrespective of geographical location. Previous studies, however, suggested that there is a considerable geographical bias in scientific citations. We argue that this geographical bias does not, in itself, falsify the notion that citations reflect acknowledgement of cognitive content, because cognitively related knowledge may be geographically...
Paper Details
Title
The geography of scientific citations
Published Date
Sep 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
48
Issue
7
Pages
1771 - 1780
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