The work had its detractors, with some writers criticising it for "repulsive pedantry" and "overbearing assertions", as well as incorrect citations to works that were later discredited.
Because citations serve as quantifiable markers of influence and significance, a high citation rate attests to work that has truly made a difference to ongoing research.
Publishing in an external journal as well as a monograph can aid dissemination of the work and increase overall citations to the work; alternatively, if the related journal article is cited instead of the monograph, it could reduce the citations to the monograph.
Any claim that one of the 10 criteria has been met should be backed up by concrete evidence in the form of originals or photocopies--of awards, journal articles, books or book chapters, citations to published work or articles that discuss the foreign national's work, letters requesting service as a judge or peer reviewer, or membership in prominent societies, associations, or academies.
On average, white applicants had 78 citations to previous work, blacks had 40 (P <.001), and, as with publications, Asians (143, P <.001) and Hispanics (90, P <.01) had more citations than white applicants.
But there's also something else the authors call it Q that appears to predict just how much more successful one scientist will be compared with another, at least in terms of citations to their work.
Third, there may be database errors, i.e. where citations to another work are included in error.
While we know that rendering one's research publicly visible via such traditional means as mass media stories has a salutary impact on the number of citations to that work in the peer-reviewed literature, we are just beginning to track the impact of scientists' "unmediated" signaling via tweets, blogs posts, etc.
I don't regret losing a day's wages, or the arrest or the "no call, no show" work citation I receive from my manager when I return to work on Friday.
Citations to other works are given in the same style, except that they are prefaced by the abbreviated title of the work, in italics (e.g., "PCP " for Principles of Cartesian Philosophy).
