Citation in global academic knowledge making
A paired text history methodology for studying citation practices in English and Russian
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.
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
-
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