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My last (ok, only) published paper cited 47 other papers or books. I felt absolutely no compulsion to reduce (or, for that matter, increase) that number, nor do
by kenko 14y ago
My last (ok, only) published paper cited 47 other papers or books. I felt absolutely no compulsion to reduce (or, for that matter, increase) that number, nor does the number of citations have any connection to the amount of time I could discuss my own ideas ("See \textcite[p 6]{someone2005}" doesn't take much space).
- scott_s 14y agoIt's not the citation in the paper, it's the two or three lines the reference itself takes up in the references section. When we publish papers, we are always pressed for space, and we always have to decide what we have to cut. I can't speak for where you publish, but in computer science conferences, we have page limits.