Comments on: Citing papers that you’ve never read — or that were never written http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773 William Webber's Research Blog Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: KenMankoff » PIG Publication Timeline http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-7754 KenMankoff » PIG Publication Timeline Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:31:44 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-7754 [...] learned: Publication lists are full of typos. Even though I use software tools to manage lists of papers and citations from Google Scholar or [...] [...] learned: Publication lists are full of typos. Even though I use software tools to manage lists of papers and citations from Google Scholar or [...]

]]> By: Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for August 17th - The zeitgeist daily http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1531 Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for August 17th - The zeitgeist daily Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:24:57 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1531 [...] Shared Citing papers that you’ve never read, or that were never written [...] [...] Shared Citing papers that you’ve never read, or that were never written [...]

]]> By: foobar http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1523 foobar Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:49:48 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1523 Guess: The paper was to be published, was referenced as such, but never was. You may find it as a tech report. Happens quite often. Guess: The paper was to be published, was referenced as such, but never was. You may find it as a tech report. Happens quite often.

]]> By: 16-Aug-2009 | MohanArun.com http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1521 16-Aug-2009 | MohanArun.com Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:59:53 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1521 [...] Academic writing – Citing papers that you’ve never read or were never written. [...] [...] Academic writing – Citing papers that you’ve never read or were never written. [...]

]]> By: Twitted by tek_news http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1519 Twitted by tek_news Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:48:15 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1519 [...] This post was Twitted by tek_news [...] [...] This post was Twitted by tek_news [...]

]]> By: william http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1514 william Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:58:07 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1514 Yes, often the original expositions are among the best. For instance, Kendall (1948)'s description of Kendall's tau and other rank correlation measures is very readable, as are the original Cranfield reports. Yes, often the original expositions are among the best. For instance, Kendall (1948)’s description of Kendall’s tau and other rank correlation measures is very readable, as are the original Cranfield reports.

]]> By: Shane Culpepper http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1508 Shane Culpepper Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:45:02 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1508 I came up to Baillieu and had a look at Zipf's book (again). Upon pulling it from the stack, I had a moment of deja vu. I have indeed read through portions of it before but had completely blocked it from my memory! I did not find the book particularly interesting this time either which might be why I've forgotten it. On the other hand, this whole exercise also lead to finding the elusive Levenshtein distance paper. I have never cited the paper, despite having a section on approximate pattern matching and edit distance in my thesis. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the original even if the content is covered in many textbooks and now commonplace enough to not explicitly require a citation. Perhaps this is another plausible reason such citations occur. Sometimes a paper or book might be a little difficult to get, but worth the effort. I came up to Baillieu and had a look at Zipf’s book (again). Upon pulling it from the stack, I had a moment of deja vu. I have indeed read through portions of it before but had completely blocked it from my memory! I did not find the book particularly interesting this time either which might be why I’ve forgotten it.

On the other hand, this whole exercise also lead to finding the elusive Levenshtein distance paper. I have never cited the paper, despite having a section on approximate pattern matching and edit distance in my thesis. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the original even if the content is covered in many textbooks and now commonplace enough to not explicitly require a citation. Perhaps this is another plausible reason such citations occur. Sometimes a paper or book might be a little difficult to get, but worth the effort.

]]> By: Sight what you cite | Research tips http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1504 Sight what you cite | Research tips Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:46:55 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1504 [...] William Webber points out that there are cited papers that have never even been written! One famous paper has 215 citations on Google scholar despite the fact that it doesn’t exist. And at least one of those citations is by the author of the non-existent paper! [...] [...] William Webber points out that there are cited papers that have never even been written! One famous paper has 215 citations on Google scholar despite the fact that it doesn’t exist. And at least one of those citations is by the author of the non-existent paper! [...]

]]> By: Michael Nielsen » Biweekly links for 08/10/2009 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1482 Michael Nielsen » Biweekly links for 08/10/2009 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:53:40 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1482 [...] Citing papers that you’ve never read — or that were never written « IREvalEtAl [...] [...] Citing papers that you’ve never read — or that were never written « IREvalEtAl [...]

]]> By: Shane Culpepper http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773&cpage=1#comment-1478 Shane Culpepper Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:37:03 +0000 http://blog.codalism.com/?p=773#comment-1478 Wow. I'm positive I checked the library holdings for Zipf's book when I was stationed up the street. I now feel obligated to come for a visit and read it so that I can cite it guilt free. Wow. I’m positive I checked the library holdings for Zipf’s book when I was stationed up the street. I now feel obligated to come for a visit and read it so that I can cite it guilt free.

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