The multilayered nature of reference selection

Camacho-Miñano, María del Mar; Núñez-Nickel, Manuel

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The multilayered nature of reference selection

dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa	es
dc.contributor.author	Camacho-Miñano, María del Mar
dc.contributor.author	Núñez-Nickel, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-09T11:54:43Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-09T11:54:43Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	Why authors choose some references in preference to others is a question that is still not wholly answered despite its being of interest to scientists. The relevance of references is twofold: They are a mechanism for tracing the evolution of science, and because they enhance the image of the cited authors, citations are a widely known and used indicator of scientific endeavor. Following an extensive review of the literature, we selected all papers that seek to answer the central question and demonstrate that the existing theories are not sufficient: Neither citation nor indicator theory provides a complete and convincing answer. Some perspectives in this arena remain, which are isolated from the core literature. The purpose of this article is to offer a fresh perspective on a 30-year-old problem by extending the context of the discussion. We suggest reviving the discussion about citation theories with a new perspective, that of the readers, by layers or phases, in the final choice of references, allowing for a new classification in which any paper, to date, could be included.
dc.description.status	Publicado
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2009, vol. 60, nº 4, p. 754-777.
dc.identifier.issn	1532-2882
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	754
dc.identifier.publicationissue	4
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	777
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
dc.identifier.publicationvolume	60
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10016/7189
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	ASIS&T
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.21018
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRights	open access
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.eciencia	Empresa
dc.subject.other	Bibliographic references
dc.subject.other	Selection
dc.subject.other	Decision making
dc.subject.other	Motivation
dc.subject.other	Analytic models
dc.title	The multilayered nature of reference selection
dc.type	research article	*
dc.type.review	PeerReviewed
dspace.entity.type	Publication