TY - JOUR AB - A new approach for investigating the correlation between research quality and citation counts is presented and applied to a case study of the relationship between peer evaluations reflected in scholarly book reviews and the citation frequencies of reviewed books. Results of the study designate a J‐shaped distribution between the considered variables, presumably caused by a skewed allocation of negative citations. The paper concludes with suggestions for further research. VL - 58 IS - 4 SN - 0022-0418 DO - 10.1108/00220410210431118 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410210431118 AU - Nicolaisen Jeppe PY - 2002 Y1 - 2002/01/01 TI - The J‐shaped distribution of citedness T2 - Journal of Documentation PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 383 EP - 395 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -