Journal article
Predicting Citations to Journal Articles: The Ideal Number of References
The American sociologist, Vol.22(1), pp.49-64
04/01/1991
DOI: 10.1007/BF02691867
Abstract
The increasing number of references in scientific journal articles suggests that editors may prefer this practice. Research has shown that articles placed first in a journal issue have more references, & that researchers tend to prefer such reports. Data on 325 sociology articles published in 1980 are used to test two hypotheses accounting for the preference for numerous references: (1) If references represent the adequacy of review of relevant literature (an explanation internal to science), then the number of references per page will affect citations. (2) If references directly influence readers' judgment of quality (an explanation external to science), then the total number of references will affect citations. The findings show that total references may affect citations to an article, but that references per page do not. It is concluded that the ideal number of reference articles in a sociology article is sixty-six. 6 Tables, 50 References. Adapted from the source document.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Predicting Citations to Journal Articles: The Ideal Number of References
- Creators
- Michael Lovaglia - Stanford University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The American sociologist, Vol.22(1), pp.49-64
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02691867
- ISSN
- 0003-1232
- eISSN
- 1936-4784
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1991
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984305978302771
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