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Brief Communication
The relationship of records in multiple databases to their usage or citedness
Article first published online: 18 APR 2005
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20166
Copyright © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Issue
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Volume 56, Issue 9, pages 1004–1007, July 2005
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How to Cite
Hood, W. W. and Wilson, C. S. (2005), The relationship of records in multiple databases to their usage or citedness. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 56: 1004–1007. doi: 10.1002/asi.20166
Publication History
- Issue published online: 3 JUN 2005
- Article first published online: 18 APR 2005
- Manuscript Revised: 31 MAY 2004
- Manuscript Accepted: 31 MAY 2004
- Manuscript Received: 15 MAR 2004
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Abstract
Papers in journals are indexed in bibliographic databases in varying degrees of overlap. The question has been raised as to whether papers that appear in multiple databases (highly overlapping) are in any way more significant (such as being more highly cited) than papers that are indexed in few databases. This paper uses a dataset from fuzzy set theory to compare low overlap papers with high overlap ones, and finds that more highly overlapping papers are in fact more highly cited.