Should citations be counted separately from each originating section?

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Highlights:

• There are non-systematic disciplinary differences in the extent to which six standard article sections contain citations.

• Articles cited by one of the six standard sections are often cited by at least one other standard section.

• Introduction and Methods section citations may give relatively unique evidence of impact type.

• Section names are not always reliable indicators of the type of citation they contain.

• Counting citations by section gives substantially different rank orders than traditional citation counts.

摘要

•There are non-systematic disciplinary differences in the extent to which six standard article sections contain citations.•Articles cited by one of the six standard sections are often cited by at least one other standard section.•Introduction and Methods section citations may give relatively unique evidence of impact type.•Section names are not always reliable indicators of the type of citation they contain.•Counting citations by section gives substantially different rank orders than traditional citation counts.

论文关键词:Citation counts,Article sections,Citation context,In-text citations,Research impact

论文评审过程:Received 23 December 2018, Revised 15 March 2019, Accepted 15 March 2019, Available online 3 April 2019, Version of Record 3 April 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2019.03.009