Abstract:

This article is an attempt to precede with the validation that pertinence of citations in scientific articles is a core problem in citation analytics.

In this study, an empirical investigation of pertinence of citations made in Indian Journal of Chemistry A is presented. In this particular study, citations made in the introduction sections in issues published from 1999 to 2007 were analyzed. An empirical scientific article was randomly selected every issue published, and the pertinence of selected article was determined.

The result showed that less than 20% of the citations were pertinent to the study. Overall, over 80% of citations made in the introduction sections may not be applicable in the computation of effective impact of publications.

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