Citation Analysis of Computer Science Literature
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2015-03-12
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the citation behavior and use pattern of computer
scientists/researchers. The study revealsmany important indicators pertaining to computer science literature
relating to citation behavior of computer science research. Firstly, almost all the bibliographic document
types were referred by the authors, however, the primary research literature i.e. journals and conference
proceedingswere dominatedmost. Likemost of the scientific disciplines, the citationswere scattered among
core journals and core authors and have been contributingmainly in development of the subject, being the
high quality sources. The citing literature ‘half-life’ indicates the dominance of current citations/literature.
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Computer Science, Citation Analysis, Scientometrics