Core elements in the process of citing publications: Conceptual overview of the literature

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 203-216

  Tahamtan, Iman ^a   Bornmann, Lutz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Citation; Citation behavior; Citation model; Citation theory; Decision making; Document usefulness; Information retrieval; Information seeking; Motivation to cite; Relevance criteria

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

CITATION; CITATION BEHAVIOR; CITATION THEORY; DOCUMENT USEFULNESS; INFORMATION SEEKING; RELEVANCE CRITERIA;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 85040177353     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2018.01.002     Document Type: Review

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