Citations to Federally-Funded and Unfunded Research

Abstract

The 1409 papers published in 1974 in the three general American astronomical research journals produced 21,106 citations (references) during the years 1975-79. Papers coming from most kinds of organizations (universities, NSF and NASA centers, foundations, and miscellaneous governmental and military organizations) have statistically the same average citation rates, whereas papers from commercial companies rank higher and foreign papers (in 1974) rank lower. Sloan Fellows and university authors receiving most forms of auxiliary outside funding (NASA, NSF) produce higher-cited papers than papers without such funding.