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  • Oceanography and Marine Biology
    2019
    Co-Authors: Stephen J. Hawkins, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, Louise B. Firth, I. P. Smith, Stephen E. Swearer, Peter A. Todd
    Abstract:

    Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in Marine science and oceanography. The ever increasing interest in work in oceanography and Marine Biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. This volume covers topics that include resting cysts from coastal Marine plankton, facilitation cascades in Marine ecosystems, and the way that human activities are rapidly altering the sensory landscape and behaviour of Marine animals. For more than 50 years, OMBAR has been an essential reference for research workers and students in all fields of Marine science. From Volume 57 a new international Editorial Board ensures global relevance, with editors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and Singapore. The series volumes find a place in the libraries of not only Marine laboratories and institutes, but also universities.

  • Oceanography and Marine Biology : An Annual Review, Volume 57
    2019
    Co-Authors: Stephen J. Hawkins, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, Louise B. Firth, I. P. Smith, Stephen E. Swearer, Peter A. Todd
    Abstract:

    Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in Marine science and oceanography. The ever increasing interest in work in oceanography and Marine Biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. This volume covers topics that include resting cysts from coastal Marine plankton, facilitation cascades in Marine ecosystems, and the way that human activities are rapidly altering the sensory landscape and behaviour of Marine animals. For more than 50 years, OMBAR has been an essential reference for research workers and students in all fields of Marine science. From Volume 57 a new international Editorial Board ensures global relevance, with editors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and Singapore. The series volumes find a place in the libraries of not only Marine laboratories and institutes, but also universities.

  • One in four citations in Marine Biology papers is inappropriate
    Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2010
    Co-Authors: Peter A. Todd, James R. Guest, Loke Ming Chou
    Abstract:

    Citing sources that do not support the assertion being made can misinform readers, per- petuate mistakes and deny credit to the researchers who should have been acknowledged. To quan- tify citation fidelity in Marine Biology, we retrieved 198 papers from 2 recent issues of 33 Marine biol- ogy journals. From each paper we randomly selected 1 citation, recovered the source material, and evaluated its appropriateness. We discovered that the assertion was 'clearly supported' by the cita- tion in only 75.8% of cases, the support was 'ambiguous' in 10.6% of cases and the citation offered 'no support' to the original statement in 6.0% of cases. The remaining 7.6% of cases were classified as 'empty' (citations to secondary sources). We found no relationship between citation appropriate- ness and the position of the assertion in the paper, number of authors, number of references, article length and Journal Impact Factor. That 1 in 4 citations in Marine Biology should be viewed with scep- ticism is alarming and has important ramifications for both scholarship and bibliometrics.

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Loke Ming Chou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • One in four citations in Marine Biology papers is inappropriate
    Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2010
    Co-Authors: Peter A. Todd, James R. Guest, Loke Ming Chou
    Abstract:

    Citing sources that do not support the assertion being made can misinform readers, per- petuate mistakes and deny credit to the researchers who should have been acknowledged. To quan- tify citation fidelity in Marine Biology, we retrieved 198 papers from 2 recent issues of 33 Marine biol- ogy journals. From each paper we randomly selected 1 citation, recovered the source material, and evaluated its appropriateness. We discovered that the assertion was 'clearly supported' by the cita- tion in only 75.8% of cases, the support was 'ambiguous' in 10.6% of cases and the citation offered 'no support' to the original statement in 6.0% of cases. The remaining 7.6% of cases were classified as 'empty' (citations to secondary sources). We found no relationship between citation appropriate- ness and the position of the assertion in the paper, number of authors, number of references, article length and Journal Impact Factor. That 1 in 4 citations in Marine Biology should be viewed with scep- ticism is alarming and has important ramifications for both scholarship and bibliometrics.