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What determines the citation frequency of ecological papers?

Roosa Leimu and Julia Koricheva

Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku,
FIN-20014, Turku, Finland

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume 20, Issue 1 , January 2005, Pages 28-32
Available online 17 November 2004.


Citation frequencies of scientific articles are increasingly used for
academic evaluation in various disciplines, including ecology.
However, the factors affecting citation rates have not been
extensively studied. Here, we examine the association between the
citation frequency of ecological articles and various characteristics
of journals, articles and authors. Our analysis shows that the annual
citation rates of ecological papers are affected by the direction of
the study outcome with respect to the hypothesis tested (supportive
versus unsupportive evidence), by article length, by the number of
authors, and by their country and university of affiliation. These
results cast doubt on the validity of using citation counts as an
objective and unbiased tool for academic evaluation in ecology.