The distribution of citations from nation to nation on a field by field basis — A computer calculation of the parameters

Clare Burke; D. de S. Price

doi:10.1007/bf02017574

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The distribution of citations from nation to nation on a field by field basis — A computer calculation of the parameters

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Clare Burke

Clare Burke Worcester Polytechnic Institute 01609 Worcester Massachusetts MA USA 01609 Worcester Massachusetts MA USA

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D. de S. Price

D. de S. Price Yale University History of Science Box 2036 06520 Yale Station New Haven Conn USA Box 2036 06520 Yale Station New Haven Conn USA

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Pages:: 363–377

Online Publication Date:: 06 Aug 2005

Publication Date:: 26 Sep 1981

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02017574

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Abstract

Following the methodology established byPrice, this paper analyzes the empirical evidence of citation matrices. Using the data cleaned and tabulated by Computer Horizons, Inc. from the Science Citation Index data banks, it is shown that the non-diagonal elements of the square citation matrices can be accounted for very satisfactorily by assigning each nation a characteristic output and input coefficient in each field measured; the ratio of these coefficients provides a measure of quality. Deviations from this simple model give measures of particular linkage strengths between nations showing some evidence of preferences and avoidances that exist for reason of language, social structure, etc. It is also shown that the diagonal data can be accounted for by the measurable phenomenon that each nation seems to publish partly for the international knowledge system and party for its own domestic purposes. Thus, three parameters and a cluster map can parsimoniously describe the citation data within the limits of random error.

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