Theory of citing

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2011-09-11

arxiv.org/abs/1109.2272v1

Theory of citing. In M.T. Thai and P.M. Pardalos (eds.), Handbook of Optimization in Complex Networks: Theory and Applications

Physics

Physics and Society

Scientific paper

10.1007/978-1-4614-0754-6_16

We present empirical data on misprints in citations to twelve high-profile papers. The great majority of misprints are identical to misprints in articles that earlier cited the same paper. The distribution of the numbers of misprint repetitions follows a power law. We develop a stochastic model of the citation process, which explains these findings and shows that about 70-90% of scientific citations are copied from the lists of references used in other papers. Citation copying can explain not only why some misprints become popular, but also why some papers become highly cited. We show that a model where a scientist picks few random papers, cites them, and copies a fraction of their references accounts quantitatively for empirically observed distribution of citations.

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