Citability
Citability is a requirement for written sources that are used for citation in academic papers . It is linked to the citability of the sources.
In the case of citability, the aim is to check before using sources whether they meet the qualitative requirements of a scientific paper. By quoting the sources, they become part of your own work and can thus negatively influence your own scientific work if the quality is poor.
Various criteria should be used to examine whether a source is worth quoting. The following are mentioned as important aspects:
- Target group: Does the source address a specialist audience? Popular scientific texts that appeal to a broad audience are usually not worth quoting.
- Author: Is it a formally qualified and well-known author?
- Publisher: Is a reputable institution, e.g. B. Research institution or university involved in the publication?
- Publication of the source: Were the sources published by a specialist scientific publisher? Does this specialist publisher have a professional peer review process ?
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Stangl: Citability and citability. [1] . As of June 5, 2014.
- ↑ Helmut Balzert et al. (Ed.): Scientific work. Ethics, content & form of scientific work, tools, sources, project management, presentation. 2nd Edition. W3L, Herdecke 2011, ISBN 978-3-86834-034-1 , p. 169
- ↑ Manuel René Theisen : Scientific work. Technology - methodology - form. 15th updated edition. Franz Vahlen, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-8006-3830-7 , p. 141