Citations and Citation Indexes: A Review

 

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Recent studies concerned with the distribution and interconnection of citations in the scientific literature are reviewed. Some of the properties of citations networks are examined and their implications for the methodology of information retrieval, the evaluation of the scientific literature, and the problem of literature obsolescence are outlined. The main features of citation indexes are described and discussed, and the need for further studies to test and evaluate them is emphasized.

Verf. gibt einen Uberblick über Untersuchungen jüngeren Datums, die sich mit der Verbreitung und. Korrelation von Referenzen in der wissenschaftlichen Literatur befassen. Einige der Eigenschaften von Referenzenverzeichnissen werden einer Prüfung unterzogen und ihre Bedeutung für die Methodik des Information-Retrieval, die Wertbestimmung der wissenschaftlichen Literatur und das Problem des Literaturveraltens wird summarisch dargestellt. Die wesentlichen Merkmale von Referenzenverzeichnissen werden beschrieben und erörtert; ferner wird betönt, daß weitere Studien nötig sind, um sie zu testen und ihren Wert zu bestimmen.

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