Lived it. Most of the citations in my area I’m familiar with the paper, or at least the lab. It’s only the novel ones or strange combinations of people that I’d look up.
It really depends how well a paper fits your area of expertise and the specific field you’re in how easy it is to know most of the papers cited I think. I would mostly look up citations that support claims I have doubts about.
Lived it. Most of the citations in my area I’m familiar with the paper, or at least the lab. It’s only the novel ones or strange combinations of people that I’d look up.
It really depends how well a paper fits your area of expertise and the specific field you’re in how easy it is to know most of the papers cited I think. I would mostly look up citations that support claims I have doubts about.