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McCain, Katherine W. – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
Citation analysis of a systematic sample of 27 historical and historiographic articles was used to study the citation patterns of secondary sources in the history of technology. These patterns are compared with previous citation studies in history and other humanities areas and with multi-disciplinary citation studies in the social sciences.…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Comparative Analysis, History, Intellectual Disciplines