Citation Analysis: a tool for understanding scientific communication

Authors

  • Samile Andréa de Souza Vanz
  • Sônia Elisa Caregnato

Keywords:

Citation Analysis. Citation Behaviour. Citation Motivation. Citation Analysis Drawbacks.

Abstract

The paper revises the literature on citation analysis, focusing on the citation behaviour of scientists and the drawbacks of this bibliometric tool. The study of the cited references, carried out through citation analysis, aims to identify scientists behaviour during scientific communication and map their fields of study. It concludes that citation analysis, even though all the criticism and problems, is an important method for understanding scientific communication processes in diverse academic fields of study.

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Samile Andréa de Souza Vanz

Bacharel em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Especialista em Gestão da Informação pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e em Gestão Empresarial na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Aluna do curso de Mestrado em Comunicação e Informação do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da UFRGS. Bibliotecária sênior da Biblioteca Central da PUCRS. Currículo Lattes

Sônia Elisa Caregnato

Doutora em Ciência da Informação pela Shefield University, Inglaterra. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Ciências da Informação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informação e Comunicação da Faculdade de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação da UFRGS (FABICO/UFRGS). Currículo Lattes

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Published

2006-12-09

How to Cite

VANZ, S. A. de S.; CAREGNATO, S. E. Citation Analysis: a tool for understanding scientific communication. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 9, n. 2, p. 295–307, 2006. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/75. Acesso em: 23 apr. 2025.

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2003)

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