Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ528094
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Characteristics of Engineering Citations.
Musser, Linda R.; Conkling, Thomas W.
Science & Technology Libraries, v15 n4 p41-49 1996
An analysis of 4,780 citations taken from scholarly journals in 16 areas of engineering showed that journals are cited 53% of the time; electrical engineering literature has the shortest "half-life"; and literature types age at different rates for engineering researchers, with books having the longest useful lives and conference papers the shortest. (PEN)
Descriptors: Books, Citation Analysis, Conference Papers, Engineering, Scholarly Journals, Use Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Journal availability: The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580.
