 Understanding multiply mentioned referencesZhigang Hu, Gege Lin, Taian Sun and Haiyan Hou Journal of Informetrics, 2017, vol. 11, issue 4, 948-958 Abstract: Although listed only once at the end of a scientific article, a reference can be mentioned repeatedly within the citing article. These references are defined as multiply mentioned references (MMRs). MMRs are universal in scientific writing. Using the references in Journal of Informetrics as an example, approximately 1/4 of the references are mentioned multiple times. The aim of this research was to provide a detailed understanding of MMRs, including their abundance within the citing paper, their locations and distributions, and their citation contexts in the first and subsequent mentions. The results show that longer articles are more likely to mention references multiply, and self-citing references are more likely to be mentioned multiple times. Normally, the multiple mentions of a reference tend to be located in the same section and quite close to each other. In terms of citation context, reference re-citations usually serve as supplementary explanations of their first-time mention within the citing paper. Keywords: Multiply mentioned references; Multiple reference citations; Citation locations; Citation context (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:infome:v:11:y:2017:i:4:p:948-958 DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2017.08.004 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Informetrics is currently edited by Leo Egghe More articles in Journal of Informetrics from Elsevier |
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