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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > affinity communities > citation communities
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > internet and communities > citation communities

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citation communities  

Definition

  • Citation communities are abstract networks that are built up as authors cite other authors in the footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies of learned literatures, especially when citations are made repeatedly. These communities contain not only acquaintances but persons the citer has never met, dead as well as living. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Citation Communities]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-B681GB1S-M

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