From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times

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
Subjects:
Citation indexing
bibliometrics
citation analysis
scientometrics
bibliographic references
evaluation
research assessment
Online Access:http://society.kisti.re.kr/sv/SV_svpsbs03V.do?method=download&cn1=JAKO201336162319665
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spelling 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
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
Citation indexing
bibliometrics
citation analysis
scientometrics
bibliographic references
evaluation
research assessment
author_facet Cronin, Blaise
author_sort Cronin, Blaise
title From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times
title_short From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times
title_full From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times
title_fullStr From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times
title_full_unstemmed From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times
title_sort from signtometrics to scientometrics: a cautionary tale of our times
publisher Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
series Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
issn 2287-9099
2287-4577
publishDate 2013-12-01
description 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.
topic Citation indexing
bibliometrics
citation analysis
scientometrics
bibliographic references
evaluation
research assessment
url http://society.kisti.re.kr/sv/SV_svpsbs03V.do?method=download&cn1=JAKO201336162319665
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