In assessing scientific work, citation counts provide a more reliable indicator, than the impact factor of the journal in which it was published.
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Citation
//ˌsaɪˈteɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "citation" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
63 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَاهِد noun ((lexicography) a quotation with attached bibliographical details)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изброяване noun (enumeration)
- позоваване noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
- призовка noun (an official summons)
- цити́ране noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Catalan
3 entries- cita noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- cita noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
- citació noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Danish
2 entries- citation noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- citering noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Dutch
4 entries- aanhaling noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- bronvermelding noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
- citaat noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- citatie noun (a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement)
Faroese
1 entries- endurgeving noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Finnish
1 entries- viite noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
German
4 entries- Aufzählung noun (enumeration)
- Begründung noun (a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement)
- Vorladung noun (an official summons)
- Zitieren noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Greek
4 entries- αναφορά noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
- απαρίθμηση noun (enumeration)
- εύφημος μνεία noun (a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement)
- κατάλογος noun (enumeration)
Hebrew
1 entries- ציטוט noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Hungarian
4 entries- beidézés noun (an official summons)
- dicséret noun (a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement)
- hivatkozás noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
- idézés noun (an official summons)
Māori
1 entries- kupu hautoa noun (a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement)
Portuguese
1 entries- citação noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Romanian
2 entries- citare noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- citat noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Russian
4 entries- вы́зов noun (an official summons)
- объявле́ние благода́рности noun (a commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement)
- перечисле́ние noun (enumeration)
- пове́стка noun (an official summons)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- navod noun (a reference to decided cases, or books of authority)
Spanish
4 entries- cita noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- citación noun (an official summons)
- citación noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- citatoria noun (an official summons)
Tamil
1 entries- மேற்கோள் noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
Turkish
4 entries- alıntı yapma noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- alıntılama noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- iktibas etme noun (the act of citing a passage from a book)
- tadat noun (enumeration)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The key determinants in impact are not the number of authors or articles in the field but, rather the citation density and the age of the literature cited.
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Could you please provide a citation?
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Tom was issued a citation.
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