How can we investigate citation behavior? A study of reasons for citing literature in communication

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 635-645

  Case, Donald O ^a   Higgins, Georgeann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0001642592     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(2000)51:7<635::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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