Dear Dr. Gupta,

As per my idea, always try to publish articles in OPEN ACCESS journals.

Many researchers, particularly of developing countries, are not having sufficient money to purchase articles. Institutional link is also not available to many of them.

They get open access articles and cite these most of the time.

Citation is also not always a very clean process. Many Big houses keep some free journal perhaps just to increase number of citation.

Thanks.

Simply no one has refererred to it because it was not needed as a part of their study. Was it published in a well circulated journal?

Journal was not that good, true.

Do not be discouraged. Try for better journals next time.

Best of luck.

Reading is interest-based while citation is based on relatedness. So, you don't need to worry about it. Many people don't have that much of reads from all of their publications! So, just enjoy it and move on.

Thanks for kind words.

See the given link too

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_significance_of_higher_reads_and_low_citations_on_Research_Gate

Thank you Subir Bandyopadhyay Sir. It is indeed an informative and interesting thread.

Dear Dr. Gupta,

As per my idea, always try to publish articles in OPEN ACCESS journals.

Many researchers, particularly of developing countries, are not having sufficient money to purchase articles. Institutional link is also not available to many of them.

They get open access articles and cite these most of the time.

Citation is also not always a very clean process. Many Big houses keep some free journal perhaps just to increase number of citation.

Thanks.

Yes, rightly said by Mohammad Mahamood

"Reading is interest-based while citation is based on relatedness. So, you don't need to worry about it. Many people don't have that much of reads from all of their publications! So, just enjoy it and move on. "

I have a similar problem. One of my publications exceeded 6000 reads but got only one citation. I think researcher only refer to the original major authors in your publications and forget about yours. To me, this is the main justification. Best regards.

Some has few reads but more citations, depends on what is required by the paper writer.

Why worry about citations but we should look for the impact of our work rather than the journal impact.

Dr. Omesh Bharti, Shimla, India

I think taking information from an article with no reference to the writer of the article but only citing the major authorities in it is an act of plagiarism.

Hazim Al Dilaimy Exactly. Besides, it is also a sign of being ungrateful.

In addition to the many nice answers, there could be a very special situation. For example, if you completely solved a question, then perhaps it is very interesting but not inspiring further work.

Shibabrata Pattanayak

I will explore Open Access journals for further publications. Thank you for the kind suggestion.

Hazim Al Dilaimy & Mohammad Mahamood

Agree.

@Colton

It may be true. Thanks for the insight.

Nidhi Gupta ,

It may be of . But dont be nervous . May there be your topics is interesting but not important in respect of research !

Thanks

I am agree with Dr. Shibabrata Pattanayak sir.

Not sure which year your paper published, but if it is published in recent years, it may be the citation time-lag results, but if not, I think there is a citation bias to highly cited papers rather than none highly cited ones. Also there is another explanation that this article is not useful to current researchers.

Informative discussion. I agree with Dr. Hazim Al Dilaimy . A possible reason could be that people have used the information from your research papers in their studies; however, they haven't cited you.

Agree with the many astute responses, up-to-date. I would only add that it does happen that reads of an article may accumulate without many (or any in this case) citations if the title (or certain words in it) seem interesting/relevant to others, but once opened the readers assess that the substance of the study/article does not relate directly to the readers' research (or add new findings to cite), unfortunately. Not that this applies to the article in question in this RG discussion, but it is something to consider in general (that is, word choices in a title have sometimes unanticipated consequences so much care should be taken in crafting an appropriate title).

Yes title and keywords are very important.

Guoqiang Liang,

It was published in 2014. So probably it is citation bias. Or also the journal in which I got it published isn't well indexed.

I just found out, I have 2 citations in Google Scholar. This makes me so happy.

RG does not seem to have all citations.

Google Scholar always shows more citations than RG.

RG shows only those citations which are in their database.

Thanks for the good news.

Nidhi Gupta ,

Yes, sometimes it happens ! Google Scholar more wider and expanded for citation smartly.

very relevant question for each author. each researcher should refer to new publications, because they often use the old reference.Journal editors sometimes require 50% of new literature. But not all. Need to ask your friends and colleagues to refer to your work. This will increase the rating of your institution of higher education. We here must help each other. Go start..........

dear Nidhi Gupta same case with me.

Many reads but no citations

Yes, Dr. Subir has rightly said that the number of citations shown by Google Scholar is more than that of Researchgate.

So, now the counting has started 😊@Nidhi Gupta 👍

Thank you for the encouraging words. :)

You are most welcomed. I really appreciate your interest in research while you are working in an environment different from universities and institutions.

Mohammad Mahamood

Thank you Sir! Its been what I have always wanted to do. While I am not associated with any university/ institution/ company/ organization, I raise money myself for my research activities. Its heart warming to see my efforts being appreciated. Thank you so much.

I know only a few who continue to do research on their own expenses just to contribute something to Science and also for finding the answers of those questions which give them sleepless nights. Now, the number just got increased... Wishing you all the best.

In my opinion, it happens because two reasons.

1- Some papers cited your work but not collected using algorithm that calculating the citations.

2- The number of reads not mean related work.

Wish you all the best

Lot of readings do not come from the right readers (in the same field).

We write papers so they'll be read. Citations are nice but secondary. So congratulations on having so many reads! I'm sure you've influenced at least some of those readers, which is the way science advances.

Estimated Dr. Gupta,

In most cases, operates the principle of San Mateo. According to Merton "Principle of No Authority; fundamental principle that states that the importance and relevance of a particular statement, theory or scientific work is independent of the importance, relevance or status of its author. "Thus," the rich get richer and the poor get poorer »An equal situation occurs in the academy. Greetings. Best of luck.

David

May be title of paper is well formulated and attractive, but content is not appropriate for citing in most of cases. I agree with Clinton DeW. Van Siclen that paper anyway has influence on readers if they open it and even look through.

I published an article in an open access journal and got more than 6000 reads and 5000 downloads but only one citation. It seems that citation is only made to the major references and authorities I used in my article.

I have also experienced the same effect as described by Hazim Al Dilaimy

by some of my published research. I had not thought of the reason he asserts for it, but his conjecture is certainly a plausible reason. Other thoughts?

I agree with Shibabrata Pattanayak .

some time people read during searching. It may increase # of readers/reading.

congrats for 1800+ reads.

In my opinion most of the people refer publications to attain information only. In that case, they will not cite publication. Similar thing might have happened for your publication.

Dear Profs,

Through my humble ideas, I can add that unfortunately the main databases - having high impact- have not count on the google or other citations. If there was an intelligent track system in which more valid data was counted, the number of citations could be increased.

Hope for the future..

“90% of papers published in academic journals are never cited.” The uncited rate is also sensitive to other factors: how long a window is used to check for citations (e.g., 5 years); when the article whose cites are being counted was published (2000s or 1990s); and what counts as a citation. The details of whether to include self-citations, non-academic articles, and so on, also matter.

just want to share this exchange on twitter, about how we measure the success of our publications. Take a look and let me/us know your opinion please:

https://twitter.com/Martin_A_Nunez/status/1233042089346322432?s=20

Here is one interesting post that I want to share here:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Are_bots_reading_my_publications

I still regard that as impactful and meaningful. Chin up!

I wonder now, some years later, whether your publication has been more cited or not. Could you please share with us the complete citation?

Certainly, RG is not the most complete database to check that, but regardless of that, you have to consider that each evaluation committee has its own way to evaluate success. Often, citations are neither the most important nor the most relevant feature to evaluate in a candidate.

Wish you the best

A

I wish to know the title of you publication...

Be well and stay safe.

Gupta, Nidhi, Ramandeep Singh, and Sidharth Bhatia. "Hand gesture recognition using ultrasonic sensor and atmega128 microcontroller." International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology 3.6 (2014): 579-582.

Alejandro Bortolus and Anton Vrdoljak I copied the above text from scholar.google.com query. Thanks for your curiosity.

I do not saying I am Sherlock, but this is what I figured:

I visited your article here on RG platform, and then wanted to see figures. First figure in your article is having this title: Components in the hardware setup

Now go to Google and type that text, and check the results for pictures, your figure will be second on the list, and anyone who will click on that figure, RG algorithm will recognize as a read...

How are reads calculated?

https://explore.researchgate.net/display/support/Reads

Anton Vrdoljak Thanks for the insight. It may be one of the reasons, in addition to what others have suggested earlier.

It is possible that title incites interest. Though, the 2 papers citing my paper thus far have made a working system using the methods in my publication.

I have the same problem. In arts and humanities, the citations are quite different, and you know, if you settle with other colleagues, you can increase your impact, but it is not my way. But feel free to cite me if you want! please do it! please!

To Igor Saenz Abarzuza : What is the the title of you publication?

Anton Vrdoljak I have the same "problem" with all my publication. It's not a problem, It’s just that sometimes I wonder if I'm writing for being read or just to ANECA, the Spanish agency of homologations and accreditation. I need an accreditation to get promoted.

Citation is need basis. Based on read, researcher think whether the article is useful for his requirement or not.

Maybe these manuscripts are to be published.

Hi Nidhi: If you wish to enjoy a giggle - though I cannot guarantee it - over the citation pandemic that has assailed academia in recent times, consider spending a wasteful few moments perusing the discussion (exclusively with myself, when I last looked) in response to my question on citation fever in my Researchgate entry, William J. F. Keenan. May I wish you citation-indifference as one of your career goals. Kind regards, William (Retired Academic: Free at Last!).

Nidhi,

May I suggest you look under my RG ‘Project’....it gives the full undiluted answer to every question, but 1. William

Probably, the contents were unrelated to the interests of the readers.

Due to fancy Titles of articles, it is treated like a news paper, liked but not recommended!!

My experience: Simple and superficial review articles catch citations much earlier than elaborate and innovative scientific articles.

For article of common subject it may be possible

As captured by prior RG members, citation is based on (1) reader's need (2) impact of the article amongst other articles addressing the same subject (3) full text availability, especially if reader is from a developing country (4) impact of the journal in which the article was published.

I think need should take the upper hand as reading may not necessarily translate to need.

I suggest this opinion, as per my idea, always try to publish articles in OPEN ACCESS journals. Therefore, many authors can easily get their citations from open access journals.

I believe that the greater the novelty, the more cited it will be. The number of readers is not directly related to the citations. And the greater the impact factor of the journal, the greater the number of citations

Read this: https://www.researchgate.net/post/How-would-you-define-the-endogamy-at-the-universities

It could attributed to area of study and the burning areas of recent research. Again you should connect with researchers in your field of study and ensure the visibility is increased among them.

It might be due to limited interest of the scientific community in the subject area you have published. The title may be catchy but the content is not. Make an effort to cite by yourself first as an icebreaker. Sale your publication in other forms communication channels. Make readily available the full text version. Make conversation in the subject area published to initiate similar researches that could cite your publication.

Actually, the distribution of citations in any scientific field is strongly left-skewed. Therefore, the vast majority of papers get only a few citations or none at all. For instance, among journals in the biological sciences, it's common to see median impact factors between 1 and 3. So it's difficult to actually understand why one specific paper didn't get cited, as most face the same problem. Nevertheless, there are many scientometric studies on the correlates of citation, which point out to the influence of factors ranging from writing style to collaboration network and author demographics.