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The dynamics of academic knowledge production: Text histories and text trajectories
Edited by Theresa Lillis and Mary Jane Curry
[Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 3:1] 2022
► pp. 78–108

Citation in global academic knowledge making

A paired text history methodology for studying citation practices in English and Russian

| HSE University , Russia
| The Open University , UK

This paper introduces a paired text history methodology to explore the citation practices of three experienced Russian scholars in philosophy, sociology, and economics. The empirical focus is on the analysis of three paired text histories, comparing Russian-medium research articles with English-medium research articles in each discipline. By analyzing the paired text histories through the use of multiple data sources – article drafts, email correspondence surrounding text production, and interviews – focusing specifically on the changes made to citations in each pair, the paper seeks to throw light on both micro and macro level knowledge production practices. At the micro level, the paper analyses changes made to citations across English and Russian-medium texts, documenting the involvement of literacy brokers, their evaluative requests about citations, and authors’ responses to such requests. At the macro level, the paper raises questions about what counts as ‘citeworthy’ in different geolinguistic contexts and considers the consequences of citation brokering and citation practices for knowledge production and circulation globally.

Keywords: academic writing, citation practices, literacy brokers, Russian scholars, writing multilingually
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.A paired text history methodology
  • 3.The study on which this paper is based
    • 3.1The larger study
    • 3.2The dataset used in this paper
    • 3.3Method of analysis
  • 4.PTH1 philosophy
    • 4.1The Russian-medium text
      • 4.1.1Author and broker involvement
      • 4.1.2Changes requested and author response
    • 4.2The English-medium text
      • 4.2.1Authors and brokers
      • 4.2.2Changes requested and author responses
    • 4.3Comparison of changes made
  • 5.PTH2 sociology
    • 5.1The English-medium text
      • 5.1.1Author and brokers
      • 5.1.2Changes requested and author responses
    • 5.2The Russian-medium text
      • 5.2.1Authors and brokers
      • 5.2.2Changes requested and author responses
    • 5.3Comparison of changes made
  • 6.PTH3 economics
    • 6.1The Russian-medium text
      • 6.1.1Authors and brokers
      • 6.1.2Changes requested and author responses
    • 6.2The English-medium text
      • 6.2.1Authors and brokers
      • 6.2.2Changes requested and author responses
    • 6.3Comparison of changes made
  • 7.Discussion
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 2 June 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jerpp.21013.smi
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