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  • Revisiting the scientometric conceptualization of impact and its measurement

    2018, Journal of Informetrics
    Citation Excerpt :

    Suffice here to recall that Michael Mulkay (1976) and David Bloor (1976) were the first to develop the fundamentals of constructivism, followed by Gilbert (1977) and Latour (1987). More recently, the information scientist Terrence Brooks and biologists Michael and Barbara MacRoberts have contributed to keeping the debate alive, by objecting to the basic assumption of the normative theory of citing—i.e. that scientists cite their influences (Brooks, 1985, 1986; MacRoberts & MacRoberts, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989a, 1989b, 1996, 2018). I personally tend to agree with the Mertonian, normative conception of what citations signify (Kaplan, 1965; Merton, 1973) and how they function.

  • Citation classics in acute pancreatitis

    2012, Pancreatology
    Citation Excerpt :

    The assumption here is that scientists and authors are supposed to credit those in their reference lists who influenced them most significantly in their work. However, the truth is that many authors try to support, as best and as easily as they can, the interpretation of their own results when attempting to convince or “persuade” the readers [12]. The absolute number of citations an article has accumulated, therefore, cannot be used as a sole measurement of its “importance”.

  • The most influential articles in critical care medicine

    2010, Journal of Critical Care
    Citation Excerpt :

    It is not known whether, or how, this connectedness may be influencing the dissemination and therefore the pattern of references within the critical care community or among specific critical care topics. However, it is possible that the pattern of some citations may reflect the influence of an individual, as some have referred to as the “ceremonial citation,” rather than the specific findings within an article [16,22,23]. In addition, authors are more likely to cite articles of their own language [8,24] or articles that come from a highly cited journal.

  • Chapter 23 Aspects of quality assurance in forensic toxicology

    2008, Handbook of Analytical Separations
    Citation Excerpt :

    As the IF is extracted from journal citation reports, the base of calculation was thought to be inappropriate. The uncritical uses of citation analysis to compare the importance of scientific journals or to judge research significance have been frowned upon by those who prefer traditional peer assessment [134]. The use and misuse of journal impact factors for assessing the work of individual scientists and their professional standing and esteem among their peers has been much debated in popular journals and weekly magazines [135–137].

  • Top-cited articles in emergency medicine

    2006, American Journal of Emergency Medicine
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