Citation context analysis and aging patterns of journal articles in molecular genetics
ScientometricsPublished 1 July 1989
Katherine W. McCain, Kathleen Turner
Citations101
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.15
SNIP1.82
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To compare citation history and contextual “importance”, eleven highly cited articles were ranked using an aggregate citation context measure, the Mean Utility Index, and a Type 1 paper representing an important theoretical concept could not be distinguished from Type 2 papers using citation context alone.
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To compare citation history and contextual "importance", eleven highly cited articles, 4 slowly aging (Type 1) and 7 quickly aging (Type 2), were ranked using an aggregate citation context measure, the Mean Utility Index. Based on citations in late (PY 6 & 7) source articles, "methods" papers consistently ranked higher than papers cited for research results and theoretical implications, and Type 1 methods papers ranked above all Type 2 papers. A Type 1 paper representing an important theoretical concept could not be distinguished from Type 2 papers using citation context alone.
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