Does a Long Reference List Guarantee More Citations? Analysis of Malaysian Highly Cited and Review Papers
Nader Ale Ebrahim
University
of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture,
Faculty of Engineering; University of Malaya (UM) - Research Support
Unit, Centre of Research Services, Institute of Research Management and
Monitoring (IPPP)
H. Ebrahimian
University Malaya - Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty Science
Maryam Mousavi
University of Malaya - Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Farzad Tahriri
University of Malaya (UM) - Faculty of Engineering
January 28, 2015
The International Journal of Management Science and Business, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 6-15, 2015
Abstract:
Earlier publications have shown that the number of
references as well as the number of received citations are
field-dependent. Consequently, a long reference list may lead to more
citations. The purpose of this article is to study the concrete
relationship between number of references and citation counts. This
article tries to find an answer for the concrete case of Malaysian
highly cited papers and Malaysian review papers. Malaysian paper is a
paper with at least one Malaysian affiliation. A total of 2466 papers
consisting of two sets, namely 1966 review papers and 500 highly-cited
articles, are studied. The statistical analysis shows that an increase
in the number of references leads to a slight increase in the number of
citations. Yet, this increase is not statistically significant.
Therefore, a researcher should not try to increase the number of
received citations by artificially increasing the number of references.
references as well as the number of received citations are
field-dependent. Consequently, a long reference list may lead to more
citations. The purpose of this article is to study the concrete
relationship between number of references and citation counts. This
article tries to find an answer for the concrete case of Malaysian
highly cited papers and Malaysian review papers. Malaysian paper is a
paper with at least one Malaysian affiliation. A total of 2466 papers
consisting of two sets, namely 1966 review papers and 500 highly-cited
articles, are studied. The statistical analysis shows that an increase
in the number of references leads to a slight increase in the number of
citations. Yet, this increase is not statistically significant.
Therefore, a researcher should not try to increase the number of
received citations by artificially increasing the number of references.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 11
Keywords: H-index, Citation analysis, Bibliometrics, Impact factor, Performance evaluation, Relations between citations and references
JEL Classification: L11, L1, L2, M11, M12, M1, M54, Q1, O1, O3, P42, P24, P29, Q31, Q32, L17
Date posted: March 4, 2015
Suggested Citation
Does a Long Reference List Guarantee More Citations? Analysis of Malaysian Highly Cited and Review Papers by Nader Ale Ebrahim, H. Ebrahimian, Maryam Mousavi , Farzad Tahriri :: SSRN
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