2007/01/01 by Lokman I. Meho · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Computer Science · #scientometrics and bibliometrics research #Web visibility and informetrics #Research Data Management Practices
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openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
It is a sobering fact that some 90% of papers that have been published in academic journals are never cited. Indeed, as many as 50% of papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, referees and journal editors. We know this thanks to citation analysis, a branch of information science in which researchers study the way articles in a scholarly field are accessed and referenced by others.