Understanding multiply mentioned references

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Highlights：

• Multiply mentioned references (MMR) are universal in the scientific writing.

• Longer articles are more likely to multiply mention references.

• Self-citing references are more likely to be multiply mentioned.

• The multiple mentions of a reference tend to be located in the same section and quite closely

摘要

•Multiply mentioned references (MMR) are universal in the scientific writing.•Longer articles are more likely to multiply mention references.•Self-citing references are more likely to be multiply mentioned.•The multiple mentions of a reference tend to be located in the same section and quite closely

论文关键词：Multiply mentioned references,Multiple reference citations,Citation locations,Citation context

论文评审过程：Received 12 February 2017, Revised 14 August 2017, Accepted 14 August 2017, Available online 18 September 2017, Version of Record 18 September 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.004