Quantitative Measures of Communication in Science: A Study of the Formal Level
Social Studies of SciencePublished 1 February 1986
Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts
Citations145
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.29
SNIP2.12
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This work examined papers to see how much influence appears as references in bibliographies and found that very little does.
Abstract
Studies of scientific communication have relied on citation indices and bibliographies for data. We examined papers to see how much influence appears as references in bibliographies. We found that very little does.
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Social Sciences