Specific character of citations in historiography (using the example of Polish history)

Kolasa, Władysław Marek Specific character of citations in historiography (using the example of Polish history). Scientometrics, 2012, vol. 90, n. 3, pp. 905-923. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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The first part of the paper deals with the assessment of international databases in relation to the number of historical publications (representation and relevance in comparison with the model database). The second part is focused on providing answer to the question whether historiography is governed by similar bibliometric rules as exact sciences or whether it has its own specific character. Empirical database for this part of the research constituted the database prepared ad hoc: The Citation Index of the History of Polish Media (CIHPM). Among numerous typically historical features the main focus was put on: linguistic localism, specific character of publishing forms, differences in citing of various sources (contributions and syntheses) and specific character of the authorship (the Lorenz Curve and the Lotka’s Law). Slightly more attention was devoted to the half-life indicator and its role in a diachronic study of a scientific field; also, a new indicator (HL14), depicting distribution of citations younger then half-life was introduced. Additionally, the comparison and correlation of selected parameters for the body of historical science (citations, HL14, the Hirsch Index, number of publications, volume and other) were also conducted.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Citation analysis, Historiography, Historical science, Poland
Subjects: E. Publishing and legal issues. > EA. Mass media.
Depositing user: Dr hab. Władysław Marek Kolasa
Date deposited: 14 Apr 2013 11:03
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:25
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19003

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