TY - JOUR
T1 - Persuasive Communities
T2 - A Longitudinal Analysis of References in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1665-1990
AU - Allen, Bryce
AU - Qin, Jian
AU - Lancaster, F. W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Don Krummel, David Kronick, Geof Bowker, anonymous referees and the `Writers' Bloc' at the University of Illinois for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of this paper. The research was funded by a grant from the Research Board of the University of Illinois.
PY - 1994/5
Y1 - 1994/5
N2 - References from a single scientific journal were analyzed to show how the persuasive communities created by scientific references change over time. Articles that appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London were sampled over the journal's 325-year history of publication, to identify and characterize the references made in them. The data highlight changes in the practice of scholarly reference, and provide quantitative measures of the evolution of scientific publication. Types of publications, and the origin, language and age of the materials cited, were analyzed for the period studied. These measures show how persuasive communities have changed, and provide insights into the character of the scientific communities in question.
AB - References from a single scientific journal were analyzed to show how the persuasive communities created by scientific references change over time. Articles that appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London were sampled over the journal's 325-year history of publication, to identify and characterize the references made in them. The data highlight changes in the practice of scholarly reference, and provide quantitative measures of the evolution of scientific publication. Types of publications, and the origin, language and age of the materials cited, were analyzed for the period studied. These measures show how persuasive communities have changed, and provide insights into the character of the scientific communities in question.
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U2 - 10.1177/030631279402400204
DO - 10.1177/030631279402400204
M3 - Article
C2 - 11639255
AN - SCOPUS:0028432913
SN - 0306-3127
VL - 24
SP - 279
EP - 310
JO - Social Studies of Science
JF - Social Studies of Science
IS - 2
ER -