A taxonomy of motives to cite

• In this study, we explicate citing behavior in the writing of scientific papers by presenting a taxonomy of motives to cite. The suggested taxonomy consists of four main categories, which are purely descriptive: Argumentation, Social Alignment, Mercantile Alignment, and Data. These categories are divided into a suggested set of subcategories. We argue that the complexities of citing practice show how little can be assumed about actual citing behavior when studying a finished paper. The discussion supports the claim that it might be misleading to treat all citations as equal in quantitative citation analysis.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

academic writing

citations

citing behavior

library and information sciences

scientific

CITATION ANALYSIS

SCIENTIFIC-KNOWLEDGE

IMPACT FACTORS

MOTIVATIONS

PSYCHOLOGY

PUBLICATIONS

DISCIPLINES

PERSUASION

SOCIOLOGY

BEHAVIOR

academic writing

Library and Information Science

Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)