1. Editorial

   • Tibor Braun

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

2. Theories of citation?

   • L. Leydesdorff

   Disscusion Paper Pages: 5 - 25

3. The use and misuse of citation analysis in research evaluation

   • R. N. Kostoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 43

4. Metatheorizing citation

   • Blaise Cronin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 55

5. Mathematical theories of citation

   • L. Egghe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 62

6. Citation analysis as a theory of friction of polluted air?

   • R. Rousseau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 67

7. Random thoughts on citationology its theory and practice

   • E. Garfield

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 76

8. The citation system: Citation networks as repeatedly focusing on difference, continuous re-evaluation, and as persistent knowledge accumulation

   • Yuko Fujigaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 85

9. Productivity of research groups-relation between citation analysis and reputation within research communities

   • Junichiro Makino

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 93

10. Citation-networks, science landscapes and evolutionary strategies

    • Andrea Scharnhorst

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 106

11. Comparative investigation of frequency and strength of motives toward referencing. The reference threshold model

    • P. Vinkler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 127

12. In matters of quantitative studies of science the fault of theorists is offering too little and asking too much

    • A. F. J. van Raan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 139

13. Citation analysis: Do we need a theory?

    • S. Arunachalam

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 141 - 142

14. Citations and consilience in science

    • H. Small

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 143 - 148