The Negative Effects of Citing with a National Orientation in Terms of Recognition: National and International Citations in Natural-Sciences Papers from Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK
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These studies are often targeted at general public and published in national language, which narrows potential audience and reduces likelihood of citation.
“These studies are also often targeted at the general public and, therefore, are often published in the national language, which narrows the size of potential audience and, consequently, reduces the likelihood of citation [87,96,260,265,294].”
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- Authors
- Bornmann, L., Adams, J., & Leydesdorff, L.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Society (DE)
- King's College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bornmann, Lutz
- Venue
- Journal of Informetrics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 931-949
- ISSN
- 1751-1577 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2884061206
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Journal of Informetrics (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Keywords
- citation patterns, international citations, highly cited papers, co-authorship, research recognition, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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