Citation Analysis Task

AKA: Citation Analysis.
Context:
- It can be supported by a Citation Analysis System (that implements a Citation Analysis algorithm).
- It can support a Bibliometric Analysis Task.
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Example(s):
- a Citation Analysis Benchmark Task with a Citation Analysis Benchmark Dataset.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Textual Content Analysis Task.
See: NLPIR4DL 2009 Workshop.

References

(Wikipedia - Citation Analysis, 2011) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_analysis
- Citation analysis is the examination of the frequency, patterns, and graphs of citations in articles and books. It uses citations in scholarly works to establish links to other works or other researchers. Citation analysis is one of the most widely used methods of bibliometrics. For example, bibliographic coupling and co-citation are association measures based on citation analysis (shared citations or shared references). Automated citation indexing has changed the nature of citation analysis research, allowing millions of citations to be analyzed for large scale patterns and knowledge discovery. The first example of automated citation indexing was CiteSeer, later to be followed by Google Scholar. Today citation analysis tools are easily available to compute various impact measures for scholars based on data from citation indices. These have various applications, from the identification of expert referees to review papers and grant proposals, to providing transparent data in support of academic merit review, tenure, and promotion decisions.

(Kostoff, 1998) ⇒ Ronald N. Kostoff. (1998). “The Use and Misuse of Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation.” In: Scientometrics,1 (1998). doi:10.1007/BF02458392
- QUOTE: The present paper addresses some of the many possible uses of citations, including bookmark, intellectual heritage, impact tracker, and self-serving purposes. The main focus is on the applicability of citation analysis as an impact or quality measure. … there are at least two limitations to this model of citation analysis for stand-alone use as a measure of research impact or quality. … Leydesdorff (Leydesdorff, 1998) addresses the history of citations and citation analysis, and the transformation of a reference mechanism into a purportedly quantitative measure of research impact/ quality. The present paper examines different facets of citations and citation analysis, and discusses the validity of citation analysis as a useful measure of research impact/quality.