http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/#comment-4841 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:09:52 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/#comment-4841 This happened to me too. The ITiCSE paper I wrote a while back, I found a carnige melon paper that cited me as two different people within the same citation. This happened to me too. The ITiCSE paper I wrote a while back, I found a carnige melon paper that cited me as two different people within the same citation.

]]> http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/#comment-4800 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:31:29 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/#comment-4800 Yep, exactly. That's because the other paper already has all the bibliographical info you need - so you don't need to look for the journal name, issue, page numbers and all that stuff if someone else already did the legwork. :) Yep, exactly. That’s because the other paper already has all the bibliographical info you need - so you don’t need to look for the journal name, issue, page numbers and all that stuff if someone else already did the legwork.

]]> http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/#comment-4799 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:44:16 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/06/15/did-you-know-that-most-scientists-do-not-read-papers-they-cite/#comment-4799 its also possible that one reads the original paper, but copies the citation from another paper. i've done this several times (and have hopefully not propagated any citation errors!!). its also possible that one reads the original paper, but copies the citation from another paper. i’ve done this several times (and have hopefully not propagated any citation errors!!).

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