Theory of citing

DOI10.1007/978-1-4614-0754-6_16zbMATH Open1258.60052arXiv1109.2272OpenAlexW2146864652MaRDI QIDQ2913792FDOQ2913792

Authors: M. V. Simkin, Vwani Roychowdhury 

Publication date: 27 September 2012

Published in: Handbook of Optimization in Complex Networks (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: 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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2272

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zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationsempirical databranching processes modelsempirical distribution of citations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Applications of branching processes (60J85)

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