A small world of citations? : the influence of collaboration networks on citation practices
dc.contributor.author | Wallace, Matthew L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Larivière, Vincent | |
dc.contributor.author | Gingras, Yves | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-06T12:47:01Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | fr |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-06T12:47:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-03-07 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/23193 | |
dc.publisher | Public library of science | fr |
dc.title | A small world of citations? : the influence of collaboration networks on citation practices | fr |
dc.type | Article | fr |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information | fr |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0033339 | |
dcterms.abstract | This paper examines the proximity of authors to those they cite using degrees of separation in a co-author network, essentially using collaboration networks to expand on the notion of self-citations. While the proportion of direct selfcitations (including co-authors of both citing and cited papers) is relatively constant in time and across specialties in the natural sciences (10% of references) and the social sciences (20%), the same cannot be said for citations to authors who are members of the co-author network. Differences between fields and trends over time lie not only in the degree of coauthorship which defines the large-scale topology of the collaboration network, but also in the referencing practices within a given discipline, computed by defining a propensity to cite at a given distance within the collaboration network. Overall, there is little tendency to cite those nearby in the collaboration network, excluding direct self-citations. These results are interpreted in terms of small-scale structure, field-specific citation practices, and the value of local co-author networks for the production of knowledge and for the accumulation of symbolic capital. Given the various levels of integration between co-authors, our findings shed light on the question of the availability of ‘arm’s length’ expert reviewers of grant applications and manuscripts. | fr |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:1932-6203 | fr |
dcterms.language | eng | fr |
UdeM.ReferenceFournieParDeposant | Wallace ML, Larivie`re V, Gingras Y (2012) A Small World of Citations? The Influence of Collaboration Networks on Citation Practices. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33339. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033339 | fr |
UdeM.VersionRioxx | Version publiée / Version of Record | fr |
oaire.citationTitle | PLoS one | |
oaire.citationVolume | 7 | |
oaire.citationIssue | 3 |
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