Is the Relationship between Numbers of References and Paper Lengths the Same for All Sciences?.

Abt, Helmut A.; Garfield, Eugene

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ERIC Number: EJ657896

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Is the Relationship between Numbers of References and Paper Lengths the Same for All Sciences?

Abt, Helmut A.; Garfield, Eugene

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v53 n13 p1006-12 Nov 2002

In each of 41 research journals in the physical, life, and social sciences there is a linear relationship between average number of references and paper lengths. Because papers of average lengths in various sciences have the same number of references, this article concludes that citation counts to them can be inter-compared within that accuracy, except in the case of review journals. (AEF)

Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Journal Articles, Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences, Publications, Scholarly Communication, Scholarly Journals, Scholarly Writing, Sciences, Social Sciences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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