Petrak J
Sveuciliste u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet, Sredisnja medicinska knjiznica, Salata 3, 10000 Zagreb.
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Citations are part of publishing in science, and scientific areas differ in use of citations. Mostly, only previously published papers which had been useful in writing and publishing the new work are cited. Therefore, the number of citations points to effective presence of a paper or an author in a scientific community, and it is used in the evaluation of scientific impact of an author, institution, discipline, country etc. Sources of data for so called citation analyses are citation indexes. Results of citation analyses should be assessed with caution, in the context of other indicators of scientific impact.
引用是科学出版的一部分,不同科学领域对引用的使用方式有所不同。大多数情况下,只有那些在撰写和发表新作品时有用的先前发表的论文才会被引用。因此,引用次数表明一篇论文或一位作者在科学界的有效影响力,它被用于评估作者、机构、学科、国家等的科学影响力。所谓引用分析的数据来源是引用索引。在科学影响力的其他指标背景下,应谨慎评估引用分析的结果。