Scientometrics: A citation based bibliography 1994–1996

Schubert, András

doi:10.1007/bf02457383

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“…Taking into account the number of records registered in ISI databases and achieved levels of indicators, there is a bottomless gap between the body of science , social science and the humanities (Marshakova–Shaikevich 2001 , 2009 ). 1 Three factors determine the worst situation of the last group: (1) the lack of representative citation indexes causes that the results of their application in the humanities are inadequate; (2) there is a serious underdevelopment of theoretical works in that field (Schubert 1999 , 2001 ), which makes it difficult to define the real reasons of this situation; (3) finally, all of the obstacles cause open aversion of humanists towards bibliometrics and stimulate the popularization of false beliefs regarding this field. Eventually, this leads to a complicated situation because neither theory nor practice generates impulses for a more thorough analysis of the problem.…”

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

Kolasa

2011

Scientometrics

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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.

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