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Author

Sellito, C.

Title

¬The impact of impermanent Web-located citations : a study of 123 scholarly conference publications

Source

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 56(2005) no.7, S.695-703

Year

2005

Abstract

In this article the results of research that examined the permanence of 1,068 Web-located citations in 123 academic conference articles published between 1995 and 2003 are reported. The study is one of the few but increasing number of investigations that examines the growing practice of authors citing URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) in their publications to support and argue their scholarly research. It was found that some 46% of all citations to Web-located sources could not be accessed-with the HTTP 404 ("Page not found") message (61.5%) being the greatest cause of missing citations. Collectively, the missing citations accounted for 22.0% of all citations, which represents a significant reduction in the theoretical knowledge base underpinning many scholarly articles. It is argued that the consequences of disappearing Web-located citations has led to diminishing opportunities for future researchers to examination the underlaying foundations of discourse and argument in scholarly articles.

Theme

Informetrie

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