Citation Context Analysis
by Janet Salmons, PhD, Research Community Manager for SAGE Methodspace.
What difference did a publication make?
Seminal writings and important texts, are referenced by scholars who agree with or contest them. What can we learn by studying the citations? What parts of the original research get attention, what claims are studied further?
In this interview Dr. Marc Anderson explains how and why to use citation context analysis. He explains and builds on “Citation Context Analysis as a Method for Conducting Rigorous and Impactful Literature Reviews,” with Russel K. Lemken.
This article is part of a feature topic in the Organizational Research Methods journal, Rigorous and Impactful Literature Reviews. See the whole set of open-access articles and interviews with researchers here.
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