Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication

Author： Sugimoto Cassidy R.  

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2016

E-ISBN: 9783110308464

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110298031

Subject： G25 Library Science

Keyword： 法律

Language： ENG

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Description

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. This book brings together the 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.

Chapter

Contents

Foreword

Prologue

Introduction

Part I: Critical informetrics

The Incessant Chattering of Texts

Informetrics Needs a Foundation in the Theory of Science

Part II: Citation theories

Referencing as Cooperation or Competition

Semiotics and Citations

Data Citation as a Bibliometric Oxymoron

Part III: Statistical theories

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

Part IV: Authorship theories

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

Part V: Knowledge organization theories

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

Part VI: Altmetric theories

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

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