Citation analysis

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Citation analysis is the examination of the frequency and pattern of citations in articles and books.^[1] It uses citations in scholarly works to establish links to other works or other researchers. It is the most common method of bibliometrics^{[citation needed]}.

Co-citation coupling and bibliographic coupling are specific kinds of citation analysis.

[edit] Issues raised by electronic publishing

Due to the unprecedented growth of electronic resource (e-resource) availability, one of the questions currently being explored is, "how often are e-resources being cited in my field?"^[2] For instance, there are claims that on-line access to computer science literature leads to higher citation rates,^[3] however, humanities articles may suffer if not in print.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Rubin, Richard E. Foundations of Library and Information Science 2nd ed. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2004.
2. ^ Zhao, Lisa. "How Librarian Used E-Resources--An Analysis of Citations in CCQ." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 42(1) (2006): 117-131.
3. ^ Lawrence, Steve. Online or Invisible. Nature volume 411 (number 6837) (2001): 521. Also online at http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/online-nature01/