1.   So what of the other reasons for rejecting citation analysis as a help in Deciding where the money should go?

2.   In a recent letter to the Journal of Documentation, Smith lists eleven drawbacks to the use of citation analysis as research indicators.

3.   Citation analysis perpetuates systematic errors, such as incorrect references.

4.   Fundamental issues in epistemology have also raised questions concerning the limitations of citation analysis.

5.   This factor has already been alluded to in earlier discussions on bibliographies, and on citation analysis in general.

6.   Also, citation analysis is perfectly objective.

7.   But over all, citation analysis works.

8.   It is called citation analysis or, less grandly, footnote counting.