Citation Classification for Behavioral Analysis of a Scientific Field
Table 9: Regression coefficients for roles when predicting the number of citations within 5 years of publication.
['[BOLD] Citation Class', '[BOLD] Coefficient', '[BOLD] p-value']
First, papers that closely integrate more works as essential to their contribution are cited more than those using more citations to position their work. This trend parallels the effects seen with Uses citations, which suggests that papers that leverage existing methodologies and data have higher impact. Second, citations to motivating works have the most impact on future citation. We speculate that such citations provide the reader with an explicit signal of external support for a line of research which inspires future work in the area as a result. Third, \newcite[p. 54]latour1987science has suggested that authors may deflect criticism of their work (improving its perception) by claiming it as an extension, rather than comparing it with prior work. However, we find that additional comparison increases impact, while no significant effect was seen for Extends. We speculate that Extends and Continuation citations could lead to the work being perceived as incremental, thereby reducing its novelty and anticipated impact. Fourth, citations indicating a temporal connection had no significant effect on citation frequency ( p>0.05)—despite our earlier results showing that these citations are more likely to be read.