Theories of informetrics and scholarly communication / edited by Cassidy R. Sugimoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sugimoto, Cassidy R.

Contributor:

Sugimoto, Cassidy, editor.

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scholarly publishing.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Cassidy R. Sugimoto, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Prologue

Contents

Introduction

The Incessant Chattering of Texts

Informetrics Needs a Foundation in the Theory of Science

Referencing as Cooperation or Competition

Semiotics and Citations

Data Citation as a Bibliometric Oxymoron

Type–Token Theory and Bibliometrics

From a Success Index to a Success Multiplier

From Matthew to Hirsch: A Success-Breeds-Success Story

Information’s Magic Numbers: The Numerology of Information Science

Authors as Persons and Authors as Bundles of Words

The Angle Sum Theory: Exploring the Literature on Acknowledgments in Scholarly Communication

The Flesh of Science: Somatics and Semiotics

Informetric Analyses of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs)

Information, Meaning, and Intellectual Organization in Networks of Inter-Human Communication

Modeling the Structure and Dynamics of Science Using Books

Webometrics and Altmetrics: Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth

Scientific Revolution in Scientometrics: The Broadening of Impact from Citation to Societal

Altmetrics as Traces of the Computerization of the Research Process

Interpreting ‘Altmetrics’: Viewing Acts on Social Media through the Lens of Citation and Social Theories

Biographical information for the editor and contributors

Index

Notes:

"A Festschrift in honor of Blaise Cronin."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 18, 2016).

ISBN:

9783110308464

3110308460

9783110388237

3110388235

OCLC:

951149384

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access