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Can RANK Be Used to Generate a Reliable Author List for Cocitation Studies?
College & Research Libraries
(1996)
Abstract
This study investigates the possibility of using DIALOG's RANK command to generate a list of prominent authors for use in cocitation studies. The emerging field of biodiversity is used primarily because it represents a new and rapidly expanding field of study. The results indicate that RANK does not effectively retrieve a quality set of prominent authors for use in cocitation studies. Highly cited authors of general texts on biodiversity cause the derived author map to present a misaligned picture of specialization within the field. By limiting citations to only journal articles, a clearer and more accurate picture of the field should emerge.
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Publication Date
November, 1996
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5860/crl_57_06_567
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Citation Information
Jeff Alger. "Can RANK Be Used to Generate a Reliable Author List for Cocitation Studies?" College & Research Libraries Vol. 57 Iss. 6 (1996) p. 567 - 574 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeff_alger/3/
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