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Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication
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Abstract Scientometrics have become an essential element in the practice and evaluation of science and research, including both the evaluation of individuals and national assessment exercises. Yet, researchers and practitioners in this field have lacked clear theories to guide their work. As early as 1981, t... view more
Scientometrics have become an essential element in the practice and evaluation of science and research, including both the evaluation of individuals and national assessment exercises. Yet, researchers and practitioners in this field have lacked clear theories to guide their work. As early as 1981, then doctoral student Blaise Cronin published The need for a theory of citing - a call to arms for the fledgling scientometric community to produce foundational theories upon which the work of the field could be based. More than three decades later, the time has come to reach out the field again and ask how they have responded to this call. This book compiles the foundational theories that guide informetrics and scholarly communication research. It is a much needed compilation by leading scholars in the field that gathers together the theories that guide our understanding of authorship, citing, and impact.... view less
Keywords
scientometry; science; research; evaluation
Classification
Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Informetrics
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
citations; impact factor; scholarly communication; web science
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Publisher
De Gruyter
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
426 p.
ISBN
978-3-11-030846-4
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0