On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 05:27:08 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:


A bit of mutual citation, bit obvious isn't it when there isn't some
indirection like a few intermediate authors / articles!

....

Clearly you have missed the humo(u)r that I intended.


Wes, I did take it as light hearted, and hence my response above.

I am not an academic, nor do I have the experience of that university
environment, but I think there is probably more than a little humour
to be had from examples of self-citation, mutual-citation,
self-citation indirectly by n levels (more subtle than mutual
citation)... etc.

Thing that had my head spinning was trying to follow the logic (I use
the term loosely of course) of some recent threads.

Owen
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