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Can web citations be a measure of impact? An investigation of journals in the life sciences

Author(s) -

Vaughan Liwen,

Shaw Debora

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

proceedings of the american society for information science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1550-8390

pISSN - 0044-7870

DOI - 10.1002/meet.1450410160

Subject(s) - measure (data warehouse) , impact factor , variety (cybernetics) , web of science , citation , citation analysis , library science , information retrieval , world wide web , computer science , medline , biology , statistics , mathematics , database , biochemistry

We examine traditional and Web citations to journal articles in biology and genetics. There is significant correlation between citations in these two formats. Journals with higher numbers of Web citations tend to have more citations indicating intellectual impact (citations from papers or class readings, in contrast to citations from bibliographic services or the author's or journal's home page). Web citations show a broader geographic coverage and capture a greater number and variety of uses of journal articles.

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