We report a method of estimating what percentage of people who cited a paper had actually read it. The method is based on a stochastic modeling of the citation process that explains empirical studies of misprint distributions in citations (which we show follows a Zipf law). Our estimate is only about 20% of citers read the original.
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I've been cited by authors who clearly had not read the paper (or, they read it, and they forgot it :) ). |
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I have been _reviewed_ by authors who clearly had not read the paper... |
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me too :) |
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Nice. That would explain why some papers make it into certain publications x)
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More on NewScientist :-) |
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