Scientometric indicators: a few challenges : data mine-clearing; knowledge flows measurements ; diversity issues

Zitt, Michael Scientometric indicators: a few challenges : data mine-clearing; knowledge flows measurements ; diversity issues., 2006 . In International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Seventh COLLNET Meeting, Nancy (France), May 10 - 12, 2006. (Unpublished) [Conference paper]

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Rather perhaps than a revolution, scientometrics and bibliometrics are encountering a strong development in demand and new forms of supply. Some signs of this new context are: - on the supply side, the availability of publication sources and statistics, due to Thomson-ISI and Internet developments among others, and the relatively easy way to draw quick statistics from this background. - on the demand side, the coming of age of university evaluation practices, which recognize, among other means, the pertinence of bibliometrics. Along with these responses to increasing research management needs, the internalization of bibliometric tools by other disciplines, such as economics, for cognitive purposes, is also on the rise. This situation results in contrasting perspectives: on the one hand, it can favour spectacular "hit-parades" and some frenzy of numbers; on the other hand, it paves the way for more cautious and sophisticated evaluation systems, rooted in a better understanding of the dynamics of science.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: scientometrics, bibliometrics
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
B. Information use and sociology of information
Depositing user: Heather G Morrison
Date deposited: 22 May 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:03
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/7577

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