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From: shor@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Melinda Shore)
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Subject: Re: How many people read an average research paper?
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Date: Tue, 11-Nov-86 12:27:05 EST
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Citation analysis is a popular research area among library science Ph.Ds.
Much of what they've found has been consistent with what you'd intuitively
expect.  Researchers in the sciences don't cite as heavily as researchers
in the social sciences and humanities, and are less likely to make
obligatory citations to standard works.  One thing we're seeing more of is
people citing themselves heavily, as citation count is beginning to be
considered in tenure decisions.
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Melinda Shore                               ..!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!shor
University of Chicago Computation Center    XASSHOR@UCHIMVS1.Bitnet