Here is an annoying question I would like to share with you guys:
Do you think that articles written by non-westerners are less likely to be cited based merely on the background of the researcher as reflected in his/her name or affiliation ?!
I noticed that many, not all, researchers from the Third World countries (with reservation to the term) are cited (mostly) by researchers from the same country category.
The quality of a researcher’s thing should be reflected in his or her published articles that have been reviewed by solid peer -reviewers.
No one has systematically studied how scientists and other researchres select what the read. Most probably they read what they believe they are use in their own publications to hedge their bets on how the peer-reviewed journal editor will treat the piece within the peer-reviewed journal.
Thank you Dr. Dennis Mazur .
I wounder if the tendency to diversify the American academic and/or social environment includes a similar inclination in their journals to vary where an article's cited sources come from!
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