Session 4 (June 12)

The Role of Citations

Topics will include:

  • What does a citation mean?
  • Why do citations matter?
  • Tracking citations with Web of Science and Google Scholar

Assignments for June 14:

  • Thread 4.1 in the forum: Sign up for a date to help lead discussion about the readings. (The initial post includes guidance for this task.)
  • Start looking for a scholarly article to you’d be eager to present to the rest of us on July 10. It needs to pertain to scholarly communication in some way, and can’t be one of the assigned readings. When you’ve identified the article you want to present, add it to Thread 4.2 in the forum. Please do this by June 28. (Have a topic idea but not finding a good article about it? Not sure if the article you found is good? Need some suggestions? Email me!)

Readings/viewings for June 14:

Ahmed, Sara. (2013, September 11). Making Feminist Points. Feministkilljoys.

Kwon, D. (2022). The rise of citational justice: How scholars are making references fairer. Nature, 603(7902), 568–571. Available via GC library.

Smith, C. A., Williams, E. L., Wadud, I. A., Pirtle, W. N., & Cite Black Women Collective. (2021). Cite Black women: A critical praxis (a statement). Feminist Anthropology, 2(1), 10-17.

San Francisco declaration on research assessment. (n.d.).

AAA Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion Review: Communicating Public Scholarship in Anthropology—Advance Your Career. (n.d.).

Optional for July 14, but recommended to watch at some point during the course: Williams, B., Agate, N., Gálvez, A. & Cirasella, J. (2023). Scholarship for the Public Good: What We Value, How We Evaluate (April 24, 2023) [Video].