Do citation systems represent theories of truth?

This article suggests that the citation can be viewed not only as a "concept symbol" but also as a "boundary object". The scientific, legal, and patent citation systems in America are examined at the micro, meso, and macro levels in order to understand how they fu...

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Main Author: Betsy Van der Veer Martens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Borås 2001-01-01
Series:Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Subjects:
USA
law
Online Access:http://informationr.net/ir/6-2/paper92.html
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spelling doaj-35359ebf62d040718da0ea4e31f16b5f2020-11-24T21:59:45ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132001-01-016292Do citation systems represent theories of truth?Betsy Van der Veer MartensThis article suggests that the citation can be viewed not only as a "concept symbol" but also as a "boundary object". The scientific, legal, and patent citation systems in America are examined at the micro, meso, and macro levels in order to understand how they function as commodified theories of truth in contemporary knowledge representation. This approach also offers a meta-theoretical overview of existing citation research efforts in science, law, and technology that may be of interdisciplinary interest.http://informationr.net/ir/6-2/paper92.htmlcitationsscientific citationslegal citationspatent citationsUSAtheories of truthknowledge representationcitation researchsciencelawtechnologyinterdisciplinary
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Do citation systems represent theories of truth?
Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
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scientific citations
legal citations
patent citations
USA
theories of truth
knowledge representation
citation research
science
law
technology
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title Do citation systems represent theories of truth?
title_short Do citation systems represent theories of truth?
title_full Do citation systems represent theories of truth?
title_fullStr Do citation systems represent theories of truth?
title_full_unstemmed Do citation systems represent theories of truth?
title_sort do citation systems represent theories of truth?
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series Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
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publishDate 2001-01-01
description This article suggests that the citation can be viewed not only as a "concept symbol" but also as a "boundary object". The scientific, legal, and patent citation systems in America are examined at the micro, meso, and macro levels in order to understand how they function as commodified theories of truth in contemporary knowledge representation. This approach also offers a meta-theoretical overview of existing citation research efforts in science, law, and technology that may be of interdisciplinary interest.
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scientific citations
legal citations
patent citations
USA
theories of truth
knowledge representation
citation research
science
law
technology
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