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Metatheorizing citation

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This paper reviews a variety of perspectives on citation. It argues that citations have multiple articulations in that they inform our understanding of the socio-cultural, cognitive, and textual aspects of scientific communication. Two metatheoretical frameworks are proposed as a means of negotiating the interpretative differences which characterize the various discourse communities concerned with citation theory and practice.

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Comments on Theories of Citation?L. Leydesdorff,Scientometrics, 43 (1998) No. 1.

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Cronin, B. Metatheorizing citation. Scientometrics 43, 45–55 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458393

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