The incidence and role of negative citations in science

Citations to previous literature are extensively used to measure the quality and diffusion of knowledge. However, we know little about the different ways in which a study can be cited; in particular, are papers cited to point out their merits or their flaws? We elaborated a methodology to characteri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oettl, Alexander, Catalini, Christian, Lacetera, Nicola
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105825
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1312-6705