Acknowledgments and intellectual indebtedness: A bibliometric conjecture

✍ Scribed by Davis, Charles H. ;Cronin, Blaise

• Book ID: 101250162
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 316 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0002-8231
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199312)44:10<590::aid-asi5>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

Acknowledgements

have received relatively little attention in spite of what at least one researcher has called their role as "super-citations."

Unlike many citations, such acknowledgments necessarily imply a high degree of social interaction. Examining those acknowledgments that suggest significant Intellectual indebtedness, the authors propose a mathematical model that matches empirical data closely. The proposed model is one of several used to elucidate citation patterns. When applied to acknowledgments, it shows promise for estimating individuals' influence in a field and may assist in determining cognitive interdependence among disciplines.