The DOI matches its Crossref record; 11 of the 11 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Referencing as Persuasion
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Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Thus, the cited documents have not been selected because of their content, but in order to influence the reader as to the claims of the citing author.”
From Core Elements in the Process of Citing Publications: Conceptual Overview of the Literature (2018) · cites this paper as Gilbert, 1977
In the citing paper
“A typical and highly cited paper in this context is Gilbert (1977) who regards citations as tools for persuasion.”
From Core Elements in the Process of Citing Publications: Conceptual Overview of the Literature (2018) · cites this paper as Gilbert, 1977
In the citing paper
“According to Gilbert (1977), an author selects documents for citing which were published by reputable authors in the field.”
From Core Elements in the Process of Citing Publications: Conceptual Overview of the Literature (2018) · cites this paper as Gilbert, 1977
In the citing paper
“authors cite to support their claims and to convince readers of their knowledge claims.”
From Core Elements in the Process of Citing Publications: Conceptual Overview of the Literature (2018) · cites this paper as Gilbert (1977)
Citations
Cites
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Method and Measurement in Sociology.
Churchill, L., & Cicourel, A. V. (1966) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.2307/2091316 · Cited by 881
Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems.
Lyon, A., & Ravetz, J. R. (1973) · The Philosophical Quarterly · doi:10.2307/2218013 · Cited by 842
Is Technology Historically Independent of Science? A Study in Statistical Historiography
Price, D. J. D. S. (1965) · Technology and Culture · doi:10.2307/3101749 · Cited by 286
The norms of citation behavior: Prolegomena to the footnote
Kaplan, N. (1965) · American Documentation · doi:10.1002/asi.5090160305 · Cited by 244
Some Correlates of a Citation Measure of Productivity in Science
Bayer, A. E., & Folger, J. K. (1966) · Sociology of Education · doi:10.2307/2111920 · Cited by 208
The Transformation of Research Findings into Scientific Knowledge
Gilbert, N. (1976) · Social Studies of Science · doi:10.1177/030631277600600302 · Cited by 172
Visibility and the Structural Bases of Awareness of Scientific Research
Cole, S., & Cole, J. R. (1968) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.2307/2091914 · Cited by 106
Methodology in the sociology of science: Some reflections on the study of radio astronomy
Mulkay, M. (1974) · Social Science Information · doi:10.1177/053901847401300206 · Cited by 48
Moravcsik, M. J. (1973) · Research Policy · doi:10.1016/0048-7333(73)90006-1 · Cited by 48
Conformity and Innovation in Science
Mulkay, M. (1970) · The Sociological Review · doi:10.1111/j.1467-954x.1970.tb03173.x · Cited by 24
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From translations to problematic networks: An introduction to co-word analysis
Callon, M., Courtial, J.-P., Turner, W. A., & Bauin, S. (1983) · Social Science Information · doi:10.1177/053901883022002003 · Cited by 1,951
What do citation counts measure? A review of studies on citing behavior
Bornmann, L., & Daniel, H. (2008) · Journal of Documentation · doi:10.1108/00220410810844150 · Cited by 1,607
Citations, Citation Indicators, and Research Quality: An Overview of Basic Concepts and Theories
Aksnes, D. W., Langfeldt, L., & Wouters, P. (2019) · Sage Open · doi:10.1177/2158244019829575 · Cited by 1,257
Scholarly communication and bibliometrics
Borgman, C. L., & Furner, J. (2002) · Annual Review of Information Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/aris.1440360102 · Cited by 1,147
The Handbook of Research Synthesis
Ziegel, E. R., Cooper, H., & Hedges, L. V. (1995) · Technometrics · doi:10.2307/1269651 · Cited by 936
Metadata
- Authors
- Nigel Gilbert, G.
- Venue
- Social Studies of Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1977-02
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 113-122
- ISSN
- 0036-8539 (ISSN-L)
- 0306-3127
- 1460-3659
- OpenAlex
- W2171789734
- Cited by
- 691
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 33 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 40 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 32.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Studies of Science (publishedVersion)
- Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Keywords
- referencing, citation, persuasion, epistemic authority, academic writing
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