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Langham, Thomas – Journal of Documentation, 1995
Argues for precision (consistency) in citing, proposing an approach to citation analysis that ranks citation-signallers according to usefulness. Suggests that it is misguided to classify citation-signallers by the nature of the motivations inferred to underlie their use. (JKP)
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Classification