Are there differences in the types of non-integral, or integral, citations used by writers in different disciplines?
Figure 1. Proportion of citation types used in the two disciplines As shown in figure 1, writers in Agricultural Botany use the non-integral Source and Ident types much more frequently, while the Agricultural Economists make far greater use of integral Naming citations (reasons for which become apparent in Q4 below) and also make more mentions of names without giving full citation information. Q2. Are there differences in the practices of writers within the same discipline? Figure 2. The average number of different citation types per 1,000 words of text found in the eight Agricultural Botany theses As can be seen in Figure 2, the density of citations in the individual Agricultural Botany theses varies from just under 5 per 1,000 words (TAB5) to around 13 (TAB2 and TAB6). TAB7 uses Verb-controlling citation types far more than any of the other writers, and far fewer non-integral citation types. Examination of this thesis reveals that the writer makes frequent reference to individual stu
