What do citations count? the rhetoric-first model

Referencing as Persuasion

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

Scientific Output and Recognition: A Study in the Operation of the Reward System in Science

Stephen Cole, Jonathan R. Cole · American Sociological Review · 1967 · 657 citations

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Cited Documents as Concept Symbols

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

Education, Chemistry, Epistemology +14

Assessing basic research

Ben R. Martin, John M. Irvine · Research Policy · 1983 · 541 citations

The norms of citation behavior: Prolegomena to the footnote

Norman M. Kaplan · American Documentation · 1965 · 249 citations

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