[TheForge] "cited by" (was: hot new tech search engine)

[Ralph Sproul]

> BTW, generally speaking, a heavily cited article is an important
> article.  This doesn't always follow, of course, but is a good rule of
> thumb.

    .............kind of like a good joke.   :-)  Everyone uses it.

Thanks Bruce, I never did research or had to find authors to back up my
search and homework.  Sounds like the article came from a tangent or topic
someone was on, and you can read that as well.

That's what I was finding - and figured it was some sort or research papers
or articles.

Thanks,

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: [TheForge] "cited by" (was: hot new tech search engine)


> This is a GREAT tool, LONG overdue.  I just hope Google.com doesn't
> overcommercialize it and render it useless.
>
> What you're getting as search results from this engine are technical
> journal references (from what I can see from the few quick searches I
> did) that include the topics searched.
>
> Most techinical articles have a bibiliography of CITED references.
> That allows you to trace the information the author had available to
> him.  But many years ago, the "Science Citation Index" started compiling
> these cited references into an index, so that you could find what
> articles cited the article you already have.  Hence, the article you
> have was "CITED BY" these other articles.  Unfortunately, the Science
> Citation Index is extremely expensive, over $100k!   Now we don't need
> it.   Click on that hypertext and you'll see those articles.
>
> This allows you to take your search beyond the information the authors
> of your article had.  A very powerful tool.
>
> BTW, generally speaking, a heavily cited article is an important
> article.  This doesn't always follow, of course, but is a good rule of
> thumb.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> brhlbsmt at mcttelecom.com 11/19/2004 6:39:15 AM >>>
>
>
> What is that "cited by 2" etc on the references.......I didn't figure
> that
> out.  Are these research articles?
>
> >    http://scholar.google.com/
>
> _______________________________________________
> Manage membership or unsubscribe at:
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/theforge
> theforge mail list group photo site is
> http://www.photoaccess.com
> Login:  blacksmithblacksmith at hotmail.com
> password:  anvil
> ___________
>
>