Where are citations located in the body of scientific articles? A study of the distributions of citation locations

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Highlights：

• A novel approach is introduced for the analysis of the distributions of citations in the body of scientific articles.

• Citations are concentrated in the first sections but sparse in other sections.

• The distributions of citations to highly cited papers are even skewed.

• References cited frequently are also cited heavily, early, and before anything else.

摘要

•A novel approach is introduced for the analysis of the distributions of citations in the body of scientific articles.•Citations are concentrated in the first sections but sparse in other sections.•The distributions of citations to highly cited papers are even skewed.•References cited frequently are also cited heavily, early, and before anything else.

论文关键词：Distribution of citations,Citation location,Structure of scientific articles,Full text analysis

论文评审过程：Received 5 June 2013, Revised 7 August 2013, Accepted 14 August 2013, Available online 12 September 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.08.005