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Peer reviewedDavis, Philip M. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2002
Identifies core journals in the life sciences for Cornell University researchers by analyzing the frequency of Cornell-authored citations in Biosis Previews between 1996 and 2001. Discusses distribution, Bradford's Law of Scatter, the 80/20 Rule, and prices, and recommends this methodology to provide guidance on which titles to purchase for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biological Sciences, Citation Analysis, Electronic Journals
Peer reviewedDavis, Philip M.; Cohen, Suzanne A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Discusses results of a citation analysis of undergraduate term papers that showed a decrease in the frequency of scholarly resources cited and an increase in often incorrect Web citations. Recommends stricter guidelines for acceptable citations, creating and maintaining scholarly portals for authoritative Web sites, and instructing students how to…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Peer reviewedDavis, Philip M. – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Provides an update to the 1996-1999 citation analysis of undergraduate term papers by Philip M. Davis and Suzanne A. Cohen. Total number of bibliographic citations continued to grow; however, growth is explained by the addition of Web and newspaper citations. A significant improvement in the accuracy of Internet citations was found when term…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Higher Education, Information Sources
