title: The seminal literature of anthrax research.
abstract: A chronically weak area in research papers, reports, and reviews is the complete identification of seminal background documents that formed the building blocks for these papers. A method for systematically determining these seminal references is presented. Citation-Assisted Background (CAB) is based on the assumption that seminal documents tend to be highly cited. Application of CAB to the field of Anthrax research is presented. While CAB is a highly systematic approach for identifying seminal references, it is not a substitute for the judgment of the researchers, and serves as a supplement.
authors.affiliation: Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia 22217, USA. kostofr@onr.navy.mil
authors.forename: Ronald N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Kostoff
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oncu
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax; D006801:Humans; D007998:Library Science / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*