Availability of Open Citation Data in Japanese Scholarly Literature
2020 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 3-20
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2020 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 3-20
In order to promote open citation of scholarly publications, I4OC (Initiative for Open Citations) has been launched by academic institutions and publishers. Open citation refers to citation data, which are structured, separable, and open. In this article, we analyze the citation data, which have been made available by I4OC, in order to understand the current status of open citation in Japan. The analysis reveals that while the percentage of publications with open citation data in the world is 24.22%, it is 18.86% in Japanese scholarly publications. In order to further promote open citation, it is necessary to support organizing and structuring citation data of past publications and publications in humanities.
