@misc{10498/24686, year = {2018}, month = {10}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24686}, abstract = {Over the past few years, citation practice has become progressively more pertinent to academic production, with important consequences. The aim of this paper is to contribute to communication theory through a critical analysis of literature on Communication, Development and Social Change (CDSC) published in Spain. This analysis was performed on the basis of the citation categories suggested by Erikson and Erlandson (2014). The conclusions of this paper point to the dominance of citations that, in many cases, reveal a disturbing disregard for the cited works and a general lack of scholarly debate between authors and conflicting paradigms.}, organization = {This paper forms part of the R&D project “Evaluación y monitorización de la Comunicación para el Desarrollo y el Cambio Social en España” (MINECO, España) (CSO2014-52005-R) (2015-2017), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competition.}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, keywords = {Communication and social change}, keywords = {communication and development}, keywords = {citation analysis}, keywords = {bibliometrics}, title = {Opening the black box of citations: a qualitative analysis on the basis of the taxonomy of Erikson and Erlandson}, doi = {10.1093/ct/qty027}, author = {Marí Sáez, Víctor Manuel and Ceballos Castro, Gonzalo}, }