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The role of references in scientific papers: cited papers as objects of research

Scientific papers are often cited because they were selected as objects of research, rather than because of their contents. This practice may substantially affect journal impact factors. Copyright The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com, Oxford University Press.

Marek Kosmulski

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