被ひ引いん用よう回かい数すうじ字FuriganaMeanings1nouncitation count; number of times citedTechnical term used in academic publishing, research evaluation, and bibliometrics to indicate how many times a work has been cited.この論ろん文ぶんの被ひ引いん用よう回かい数すうはすでに100を超こえている。This paper has already been cited more than 100 times.研けん究きゅう者しゃの評ひょう価かには、論ろん文ぶんの被ひ引いん用よう回かい数すうが重じゅう視しされることがある。In evaluating researchers, the citation count of their papers is sometimes emphasized.