What causes a management article to be cited? Article, author or journal?
Abstract
This article examines the influence of citation impact on scholarship. Citation analysis allows authors to determine how often their work has been cited by others. It has become a performance metric for scholars of the influence and relevance of their work. However, the authors contends there is very little research to understand citation rates. They conclude that the pressure from journals and universities for prestige is the key element driving citation rates. Increased information technology is expected to continue this trend into the future.
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Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Older articles had more time to collect citations than younger articles.
“Older articles had more time to collect citations than younger articles (Bergh et al., 2006; Judge et al., 2007).”
From Unraveling scientific impact: Citation types in marketing journals (2015) · cites this paper as Judge et al., 2007
Social constructivist determinants of citations may include the author's publication history, the author's affiliation, and a scholar's visibility and personal promotion.
“Other social constructivist determinants of citations may include the author's publication history and the author's af fi liation (Judge et al., 2007) and a scholar's visibility and personal promotion (Stremersch et al., 2007).”
From Unraveling scientific impact: Citation types in marketing journals (2015) · cites this paper as Judge et al., 2007
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- Authors
- Judge, T. A., Cable, D. M., Colbert, A. E., & Rynes, S. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- University of North Carolina
- University of Iowa (US)
- Venue
- Academy of Management Journal
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 491-506
- ISSN
- 0001-4273 (ISSN-L)
- 1948-0989
- OpenAlex
- W2145617564
- Cited by
- 402
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 27 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 23
- FWCI
- 21.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Journal (publishedVersion)
- Iowa Research Online (University of Iowa) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Keywords
- citation impact, citation counts, citation analysis, academic prestige, author influence, management scholarship, information technology
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