[OAI-eprints] Current Data and Key Literature on UnCited Scholarship

[Gerry Mckiernan]

    _Current Data and Key Literature on UnCited Scholarship_=20

   I am greatly interested in current data and key literature on UnCited
Scholarship. I have searched Google and found several select items, for =
example:

David P. Hamilton (1990). "Publishing by and for?-  the numbers
_Science_, New Series, 250 (4986) (December 7): 1331-1332.
[ http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/hamilton1.html  ]

David P. Hamilton (1991). "Research papers: who's uncited now?,"
_Science_, New Series,  251 (4989) (January 4):  25.
[http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/hamilton2.html ]

John A. Tainer; Helmut A. Abt; Lowell L. Hargens; David M. Bott; F. W. =
Lancaster; James H. Pannell; Edward B. Nuhfer; Charles L. McGehee; William =
A. Banks; David A. Pendlebury (1991) "Science, citation, and funding," =
_Science_  251 (5000) (March 22):1408-1411.
[http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/pendlebury.html  ]

Eugene Garfield (1998). "Commentary: I had a dream ... about
uncitedness," _The Scientist_ 12 (14) (July 6): 10.
[http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1998/July/comm_980706.html  ]=20

Quentin L.Burrell (2002). "Will this paper ever be cited?," _Journal of =
the American Society for Information Science and Technology_ 53(3)(February=
): 232-2002=20

For a homogenous set of papers given the average rate at which a paper =
attracts citations, Burrell calculates the probability that a paper will =
ever be cited assuming it has not been cited in a given time. The longer =
the elapsed time without citation the greater the likelihood it will never =
be cited.=20
[ http://www.asis.org/Publications/JASIS/vol53n03.html ]

Charles A. Schwartz (1997). "The rise and fall of uncitedness," _College & =
Research Libraries_ 58: (January): 19-29.=20

Large-scale uncitedness refers to the remarkable proportion of articles =
that do not receive a single citation within five years of publication. =
Equally remarkable is the brief and troubled history of this area of =
inquiry, which was prone to miscalculation, misinterpretation, and =
politicization. This article reassesses large-scale uncitedness as both a =
general phenomenon in the scholarly communication system and a case study =
of library and information science, where its rate is 72 percent.

[http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/Journals_Monog=
raphic_Series/College_and_Research_Libraries/Back_Issues_1997/January97/Can=
dRL_January_1997_abstracts.htm ]

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 I am also (particularly)  interested in Any and All articles / reports =
/studies / documents relating to the value of conventional Peer Review =
within the context of Uncitedness of Peer Viewed publications [Please do =
not crucify me for raising the issue]:-)
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   As Always, Any and All contributions, comments, questions, critiques,=20=

Government Rebuilding Contracts, and/or Cosmic Insights are Most Welcome.

  Regards,

/Gerry =20

Gerry McKiernan
Current and Key Librarian=20
Iowa State University=20
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck@iastate.edu=20