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Day: October 7, 2013

Citation Counts are Like Democracy

by Steve Saideman | 7 October 2013, 1112 EDT | | 0 Comments

There is much gnashing about citations of late.  This tweet inspired the ensuing spew below: Formula predicts research papers' future citations https://t.co/4Hy8j3Glqj. I am afraid the citation game is getting out of hand. — John Panaretos (@J_Panaretos) October 5,...

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Taboo or Not Taboo?

by Charli Carpenter | 7 October 2013, 0803 EDT | | 3 Comments

[Note: This is a guest post by Richard Price, Professor of Political Science at University of British Columbia and author of The Chemical Weapons Taboo.] Counter-intuitively, the first large-scale...

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