Weak evidence for determinants of citation frequency in ecological articles |
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Authors: | André Andrian Padial João Carlos Nabout Tadeu Siqueira Luis Mauricio Bini José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho |
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Affiliation: | 1.Programa de Pós-gradua??o em Ecologia e Evolu??o, Departamento de Ecologia,Universidade Federal de Goiás,Goiania,Brazil;2.Campus Nova Andradina, Instituto Federal de Educa??o,Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso do Sul,Nova Andradina,Brazil;3.Universidade Federal de S?o Carlos,S?o Carlos,Brazil |
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Abstract: | Citation frequency has been considered a biased surrogate of publication merit. However, previous studies on this subject
were based on small sample sizes and were entirely based on null-hypothesis significance testing. Here we evaluated the relative
effects of different predictors on citation frequency of ecological articles using an information theory framework designed
to evaluate multiple competing hypotheses. Supposed predictors of citation frequency (e.g., number of authors, length of articles)
accounted for a low fraction of the total variation. We argue that biases concerning citation are minor in ecology and further
studies that attempt to quantify the scientific relevance of an article, aiming to make further relationships with citation,
are needed to advance our understanding of why an article is cited. |
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