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IJE Advance Access originally published online on September 19, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(5):1123-1127; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl189
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

Reprints and Reflections

Citation indexes for science. A new dimension in documentation through association of ideas{dagger}

Eugene Garfield, Ph.D.

Director of the Institute for Scientific Information, 33 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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‘The uncritical citation of disputed data by a writer, whether it be deliberate or not, is a serious matter. Of course, knowingly propagandizing unsubstantiated claims is particularly abhorrent, but just as many naive students may be swayed by unfounded assertions presented by a writer who is unaware of the criticisms. Buried in scholarly journals, critical notes are increasingly likely to be overlooked with the passage of time, while the studies to which they pertain, having been reported more widely, are apt to be rediscovered.’1

In this paper, I propose a bibliographic system for science literature that can eliminate the uncritical citation of fraudulent, incomplete, or obsolete data by making it possible for the conscientious scholar to be aware of criticisms of earlier papers. It is too much to expect a research worker to spend an inordinate amount of time searching for the bibliographic descendants of antecedent papers. It would not . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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