Table 1-7b. Citation indices of scientific literature' 

 in selected fields,^ by selected countries, 1973 



' Based on 278.894 articles, letters and notes in a sample of 2.121 journals 



' See Appendix table 1-7a for a description of ttie fields The social sciences are excluded because comparable data are not available. 



' Because these countries had less than 2 percent of the world's literature total in psychology, reliable citation ratios cannot be calculated. 



' Although French scientific journals may have severe space restrictions which discourage complete citations, the articles themselves tend to be more 

 specific, covering less substantive material. For this reason, there may be an inflation of French publications in the scientific literature, making them more 

 subject to citation than their significance warrants. 



SOURCE Computer Horizons, Inc , Indicators ol the Quantity and Quality ot the Scientilic Literature, 1975 (A study commissioned specifically for this 

 report) 



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