Do negative citations reduce the impact of cited papers?

“…While we have asserted the significance of extrinsic factors, it is important to assess the degree to which citations are correlated with research quality. Since citations can also be made to uncover research limitations, inconsistencies, or flaws that are unrelated to scientific merits, a detailed classification of the types of citations (i.e., positive, neutral, and negative citations) is needed to more accurately interpret the true quality of applied linguistics research (Xu et al, 2022). Finally, both the depth and breadth of the study need to be augmented.…”

“…Over the last decades, with the increasing awareness and global actions towards climate change and global warming, research on heat stress in farm animals especially poultry has gained attention, as evidenced by the annual increment in the number of publications. The number of publications and citation counts achieved each year is an indicator of the research interest and progress made by researchers in that specific area ( Musa et al, 2020 ; Xu et al, 2022 ). Several researchers, countries, institutions, and industry partners have collaborated on studies to address “heat stress in poultry”, thus necessitating this bibliometric analysis to understand the milestones achieved, research gaps uncovered, and the trends for future research.…”

“…In recent decades, there has been an increasing recognition of the role of minerals in health, which has led to a growing interest in research on the application of chelates in farm animals, particularly in cattle and pigs. This is demonstrated by the increasing number of publications appearing each year, which serves as a measure of interest in this area of research [78][79][80].…”