Open AccessFrom Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times
Author(s) -
Blaise Cronin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of information science theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2287-9099
pISSN - 2287-4577
DOI - 10.1633/jistap.2013.1.4.1
Subject(s) - scientometrics , bibliometrics , citation , dimension (graph theory) , citation analysis , computer science , data science , information retrieval , library science , mathematics , pure mathematics
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