Identifying Overlapping and Hierarchical Thematic Structures in Networks of Scholarly Papers: A Comparison of Three Approaches [PDF]
We implemented three recently proposed approaches to the identification of overlapping and hierarchical substructures in graphs and applied the corresponding algorithms to a network of 492 information-science papers coupled via their cited sources.
A Clauset+42 more
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The time for bibliometric applications [PDF]
Citation: Torres-Salinas, Daniel & Robinson-Garcia, Nicolas. The time for bibliometric applications. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, online (2016) [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/39450] Early view DOI: 10.1002/asi ...
Nicolás Robinson-García+2 more
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Zenodo in the Spotlight of Traditional and New Metrics
In this case study, we aim to explore the characteristics and the reception of files uploaded to Zenodo, and the role the repository plays itself in generating usage.
Isabella Peters+5 more
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A sketch on the current debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics versus the forgotten science of science (in Polish) [PDF]
In the debate on scientometrics and bibliometrics, taking place in Poland in the last 25 years, a very serious methodical and methodological mistake has been committed by neglecting the reflection about the science of science, especially of historical ...
Michał KOKOWSKI
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Introduction to the special issue on Introducing bibliometrics in applied linguistics
It is healthy and normal for an academic discipline to reflect on its publication conventions and practices, its incentive structures, and so forth. As social scientists, it is also natural for us to want to do so in a manner that is systematic and that ...
Luke Plonsky
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Bibliopolitics: The History of Notation and the Birth of the Citational Academic Subject
The paper builds upon a growing body of critical research on the proliferating use of bibliometrics as a means to evaluate academic research, but brings to it a specifically Foucauldian, genealogical approach. The paper has three parts.
Matthew Sharpe, Kirk Turner
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On the analogy between the evolution of thermodynamicand bibliometric systems: a breakthrough or justa bubble? [PDF]
This paper presents an in depth study of an interesting analogy, recently proposed by Prathap (Scientometrics 87(3):515-524, 2011a), between the evolution of thermodynamic and bibliometric systems.
Franceschini, Fiorenzo+1 more
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Bibliometric indicators as items
The question of what bibliometric indicator indicate has been discussed for several decades. Over that period, the use of indicators has increased, the number of indicators too, but the question of what the indicators exactly measure remains to be debated. In this paper we propose to approach it from the perspective of scale construction.
Peter van den Besselaar, Charlie Mom
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Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation: Uses and Abuses [Book Review]
Measuring the impact of research and publications (bibliometrics) has become increasingly common for libraries, academic institutions, and scholars.
Sarah Norris
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La bibliometr a es la ciencia que estudia con una metodolog a de ra z estad stica las formas de producci n, contenidos, difusi n y efectos (principalmente en t rminos de impacto) de las publicaciones. El mayor inter s de la bibliometr a (o cienciometr a, si la restringimos a las publicaciones acad micas) reside en que permite estudiar ...
Rovira-Esteva, Sara+2 more
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