The role of trust and authority in the citation behaviour of researchers

Information Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Thornley, Clare ^a   Watkinson, Anthony ^a   Nicholas, David ^a   Volentine, Rachel ^b   Jamali, Hamid R ^a   Herman, Eti ^a   Allard, Suzie ^b   Levine, Kenneth J ^b   Tenopir, Carol ^b  

^a CIBER RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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