From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times

It is but a short journey from citation indexing to citation analysis and thence to evaluative bibliometrics. This paper outlines the path and describes how the time-honored practice of affixing bibliographic references to scholarly articles has paved the way for a culture of accounting to establish...

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Main Author: Cronin, Blaise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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Online Access:http://society.kisti.re.kr/sv/SV_svpsbs03V.do?method=download&cn1=JAKO201336162319665
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Summary:It is but a short journey from citation indexing to citation analysis and thence to evaluative bibliometrics. This paper outlines the path and describes how the time-honored practice of affixing bibliographic references to scholarly articles has paved the way for a culture of accounting to establish itself in contemporary academia.
ISSN:2287-9099
2287-4577