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| Analisi delle citazioni× | Strumenti di gestione delle citazioni× | |
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| Campo | Competenze di ricerca | Competenze di ricerca |
| Famiglia | Process / pipeline | Process / pipeline |
| Anno di origine≠ | 1955 (citation indexes); 1975 (Impact Factor); 2005 (H-index) | 2001 (modern era, EndNoteWeb); 2006 (Mendeley); 2006 (Zotero) |
| Ideatore≠ | Eugene Garfield (Citation Indexes, 1955); Jorge Hirsch (H-index, 2005) | Academic researchers and librarians; developed since 1980s |
| Tipo | Tool | Tool |
| Fonte seminale≠ | Hirsch, J. E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(46), 16569–16572. DOI ↗ | Booth, A. (2012). Citation management tools. In R. Bosch & K. Winn (Eds.), Reference management and citation software. Library Technology Reports, 48(5), 12–18. link ↗ |
| Alias | citation metrics, bibliometric analysis, citation tracking | reference manager, citation software, bibliographic management |
| Correlati≠ | 4 | 3 |
| Sintesi≠ | Citation analysis is the systematic study of how scholarly works are cited by subsequent research, used as a proxy for research impact and influence. Founded formally by Eugene Garfield in 1955 (introducing citation indexes), the field encompasses metrics ranging from simple citation counts to sophisticated indices like the H-index (Hirsch, 2005) and field-normalized indicators. Citation analysis is used to evaluate researcher productivity, track influence of ideas, assess journal quality, and detect research trends. While citation counts are not perfect measures of quality (high citation does not equal high quality; time lag in citation accumulation), they provide valuable quantitative data for research evaluation alongside peer review and expert assessment. | Citation management tools are software applications that store, organize, and format bibliographic references. They allow researchers to import citations from databases and websites, annotate and tag articles, organize references by project, and automatically generate formatted in-text citations and bibliographies in multiple styles (APA, Vancouver, Chicago, Harvard). Popular tools include Zotero (free, open-source), Mendeley (Elsevier-owned, freemium), EndNote (commercial, Clarivate), and others. These tools are essential for managing the hundreds to thousands of references accumulate during a research career and for ensuring consistent, accurate citation formatting in academic writing. |
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