This study used a bibliometric method to find quantitative evidence of publication and citing patterns within UK academia. The publications of a random sample of UK research-active academics for each of the years 2003 and 2008-were collected and analysed to gather data regarding referencing practices, along with any identifiable trends between the 2 years. References were categorised by type of material to show the proportions of each type used. Comparisons between the 2 years showed that the use of journal articles had increased. There was also an increase in the average number of publications per author. A large number of authors had no publications in the target years. © 2010 Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
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Creaser, C., Oppenheim, C., & Summers, M. A. C. (2011). What do UK academics cite? An analysis of references cited in UK scholarly outputs. Scientometrics, 86(3), 613–627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-010-0321-6
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