Article
What Do Chemists Cite? A 5-year Analysis of References Cited in American Chemical Society Journal Articles
Science & Technology Libraries
(2018)
Abstract
This study analyzes references cited by articles published in ten American Chemical Society journals between 2011 and 2015. The median age of references was 6 years. On average, 44 percent of the references were five years old or younger, and only 11 percent were more than 20 years old. There appears to be a modest increase in references to older sources, possibly due to the increased availability of older articles online. References tended to be concentrated on a small core of journals. Overall, 20 percent of the journals cited accounted for 80 percent of the references. However, there was considerable variation among sub-disciplines.
Keywords
- Citation analysis,
- collection development,
- obsolescence,
- Pareto Rule,
- reference age
Disciplines
Publication Date
June, 2018
DOI
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0194262X.2018.1481488
Citation Information
Lisa M Rose-Wiles and Cecilia Marzabadi. "What Do Chemists Cite? A 5-year Analysis of References Cited in American Chemical Society Journal Articles" Science & Technology Libraries Vol. 38 Iss. 3 (2018) ISSN: 1541-1109 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lisa_rose_wiles/45/