Hi Ausi,

I would say you have to strike a balance between the need to cite and context. If you find you are having to cite that much perhaps better to include appendices so that the paper focuses on your interpretation of the data especially in cases where this data has been used in a very specific way.e.g in a legal or medical case. Including it as an appendix or stating that your research aligns with a specific article allows readers to refer to it for themselves if they wish and for you to focus on your analysis.

I have found a few articles below which offer a different perspective on citation which i hope they are helpful.

https://medium.com/@OmnesRes/why-citation-counts-dont-matter-4e9b4c487efc

https://harzing.com/blog/2017/11/making-your-case-for-impact-if-you-have-few-citations

Christensen-Szalanski, J. J. J., & Beach, L. R. (1984). The citation bias: Fad and fashion in the judgment and decision literature. American Psychologist, 39(1), 75-78

https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/37021/why-is-it-bad-to-judge-a-paper-by-citation-count

The stack exchange article has discussion which may offer some useful insight into your question.

Cheers

KM

I think the time I spent researching to see if anyone else had tackled the subject were well-spent.

The impact factor of the journal plays a vital role in getting more citations.

The subject matter of an article and its visibility are the major factors bringing citations.

One way of knowing the successful article is the number of referrals given to that article.

Second: the magazine in which the article is printed. If the magazine is valid and has a high impact factor, it indicates the success of the article

I believe, if concept is new and presented in a good manner.

Professional journals are always looking for a niche, some piece or field of scholarship that has not been covered. The easiest way to get something published is to write an article on something that has not been covered. In that way, the subject is very important. Tie it to some piece of scholarship that is respected and you've got a double whammy. Aristotle's RHETORIC, qualifies.

I tend to think that neither the number of citations nor the impact factor should be confused with scientific quality. The people whose work you really want to influence know what a genuine scientific success is.

The subject target area (scope) matter the most, for example if you are publishing a article that can be beneficial to all major fields of Sciences will be ranked 1. Generally If we read an article from Science and Nature we can see a big scope. However it (high IF) doesn't reflect the quality of research as we can see a good article but from a traditional Journal (Journal belongs to a society).

Citation is among major factors bringing success to your article but it should not. What to do with such articles that are difficult to understand for most of people? The scientist does not understand and belief Galileo's theory of solar system first.

A great question! I wish I were among those who have published a very highly cited research article. Alas, my most cited paper has just reached the 100 citation mark. So I truly admire all the other contributors to this thread. I just allow myself a note that there is a tendency for a negative correlation between the number of citations of a person and his approval of citations as a measure of scientific success.

Nikolai, do you think publication of such a correlation would make an NPG journal or be castigated into the annals of Bibliometrics? I’d be interested in seeing it!

Open access, journal impact factor/reputation, author reputation, novelty, and last but not least clarity in writing (especially a clear and catchy title) synchronized together to yield more citations.

nowadays everyone is in a compitition to publish while I think the most successful article is that which covers the ecosystem.

Dont publish for impact factor see the results of the publication that this will be hepfull for the mainkind and for the ecosystem.

open access and quality of the paper itself.