2. Citation
a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression
embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an
entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the
purpose of acknowledging the relevance of the works of others
to the topic of discussion at the spot where the citation appears.
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3. Citation
• a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a
scholarly work.
• a reference to a previous case, used as guidance in the trying of comparable
cases or in support of an argument.
• a mention of a praiseworthy act in an official report, especially that of a
member of the armed forces in wartime.
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4. Self Citation
• It refers to the practice of a researcher citing his own papers in later
publications. For instance, a scientist might write one paper, and then
write a second paper citing the first one.
• Sometimes there is nothing wrong with self-citation. A lot of scientists
often do legitimate follow-up work in the same field, where their own
papers are perfectly valid to cite. However, some researchers
inappropriately self-cite to try and improve their citation count.
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5. Highly Cited
Highly Cited Papers are defined as those that rank in the top 1% by
citations for field and year indexed in the Web of Science, which is
generally but not always year of publication. These data derive from
Essential Science Indicators℠ (ESI). ESI is one of ISI/Thomson's Web of
Knowledge databases that provides more aggregate citation analysis
than do the citation indices.
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6. Hot Papers
• Hot Papers are papers that receive citations soon after publication, relative
to other papers of the same field and age.
• The magazine The Scientist defines it by the number of citations a paper
receives in a short amount of time: hot = over 100 citations within about
two years after it is published.
• In other cases, a hot paper might be a new development in an exciting field
even before it can get cited much. Perhaps a technical leap forward in stem
cells would be hot these days.
• Other times, it might just be a personal opinion as to whether a paper is
hot, i.e. if it is a cool development in your field even if your field isn't so
competitive.
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7. How to choose a topic?
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8. How to choose a topic?
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