Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Not all academic citations are positive ones, and a new paper finds that as many as one in 50 citations in a top immunology journal were critical in nature. The number of times academic articles are ...

While researching the “Paul Revere of the West,” a somewhat shady Frenchman named Cardinal, I came across a comment in a local historical volume printed in anticipation of the 1976 Bicentennial. The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Citations have long been the default measure of academic influence, offering a seemingly simple way to track a ...

Simply sign up to the Business education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Citations have long been a cornerstone of how academic impact is measured, but their effectiveness in ...