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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice |
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| Online Access: | http://society.kisti.re.kr/sv/SV_svpsbs03V.do?method=download&cn1=JAKO201336162319665 |
| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 2287-9099 2287-4577 |