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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doaj-687b877e7cee432ba414f8007752ad802020-11-25T01:49:56ZengKorea Institute of Science and Technology InformationJournal of Information Science Theory and Practice2287-90992287-45772013-12-011461110.1633/JISTaP.2013.1.4.122879099From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our TimesCronin, Blaise0School of Informatics & Computing Indiana UniversityIt 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.http://society.kisti.re.kr/sv/SV_svpsbs03V.do?method=download&cn1=JAKO201336162319665Citation indexingbibliometricscitation analysisscientometricsbibliographic referencesevaluationresearch assessment |
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From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times |
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From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times |
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Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information |
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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice |
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2287-9099 2287-4577 |
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2013-12-01 |
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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. |
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Citation indexing bibliometrics citation analysis scientometrics bibliographic references evaluation research assessment |
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