Using the Literature
Reference Networks, Reference Contexts, and the Social Structure of Scholarship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4740283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lowell L Hargens (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 846 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000312240006500603 |
| OpenAlex | W4385886624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 53 |
| References cited | 49 |
Networks of citations among the papers on a research topic reflect the structure of scholarship on that topic. Reference-network data for research areas from several disciplines show substantial variation in the structure of scholarship, ranging from the frequent and disproportionate citation of recent work to the frequent and disproportionate citation of foundational documents. The variation is inconsistent with the pattern expected of a simple physical sciences-behavioral sciences-humanities dimension. Citation-context analyses of references in the networks of various fields suggest that variation in network structure is due in part to differences in why authors cite their colleagues' work: Disproportionate citation of foundational documents occurs when authors cite papers as examples of perspectives or general approaches rather than as support for specific points. Differences in use patterns for citations can help us understand other differences among scholarly communities
Citation · Citation analysis · Context (archaeology · Data science · Dimension (graph theory · Epistemology · Geography · Library science · Political science · Scholarship · Social capital · Social network analysis · Social science · Sociology · Variation (astronomy · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Mathematics · Psychology · Publishing and Scholarly Communication · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
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| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 53 |