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A case study In the field of plant physiology (kinetin research) shows a strong correlation between the innovation quality of scientific papers and their citation rate — suggesting that factors extraneous to the content matter of a paper have little effect on the paper’s citation rate. Methods are suggested for determination of scientific papers’ “innovation quality”, through systematic content analysis or citation counts.
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Shanin-Cohen, N. (1978). Publication, Innovation and Citation. In: Balaban, M. (eds) Scientific Information Transfer: The Editor’s Role. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9863-6_30
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