The significance of bibliographic references

Some Results on the Function and Quality of Citations

Michael J. Moravcsik, Poovanalingam Murugesan · Social Studies of Science · 1975 · 690 citations

Education, Communication, Nature Of Science +15

Referencing as Persuasion

Nigel Gilbert · Social Studies of Science · 1977 · 689 citations

Cited Documents as Concept Symbols

Henry Small · Social Studies of Science · 1978 · 605 citations

Education, Chemistry, Epistemology +14

Automatic processing of fundamental information: The case of frequency of occurrence.

Lynn Hasher, Rose T. Zacks · American Psychologist · 1984 · 603 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Statistics +3

The Ortega Hypothesis

Jonathan R. Cole, Stephen Cole · Science · 1972 · 388 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Nature Of Science +6