科研人員的引文動機是源自于知識啟迪,還是為了引用權威增加自己研究成果的說服力,學術界對此一直充滿爭議,這是一個關乎引文評價合法性的重要問題。文章以CNKI數據庫中"圖書情報與數字圖書館"領域2001-2010年間發表的198,518條文獻題錄中的337篇重復發表論文為研究對象,以刊物等級、重發路徑、發表性質、學科跨度為解釋變量,以下載次數、被引次數為被解釋變量,分析我國圖情學界科研人員的引文動機。研究結果顯示:在論文質量完全相同的情況下,學者寫作時會引用發表在核心期刊上的論文。這表明在有效控制論文質量的前提下,科研人員的引文動機具有明顯的權威尊崇色彩,符合說服論對引文動機的理論解釋。

The academia has a long debate on the motivation for citation: whether it is originated from the enlightenment of knowledge or the adoration of cited authority for increasing their research persuasiveness.Therefore,citation motivation is an important consideration for the legitimacy of citation evaluation. This research has selected 337 duplicate publications from 198,518 article references in the period between 2001 to 2010. Data is retrieved from the CNKI"LIS & digital library"database. The dependent variable is academic recognition and which is measured by downloading frequency and citation frequency. The independent variables are the reasons of duplication, status of the journals, publication channels and whether the journals belong to the same subject discipline or not. The result shows that where the paper is published would matter most. Those papers published in core journals will get more citations than their equivalents published in non-core journals. So the persuasion theory can better explain the citation motivation in Chinese academia where citation acts as a persuasive tool for showing adoration to authorities.