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Bibliometrics and citation analysis from the Science citation index to cybermetrics /

Can the methods of science be directed toward science itself? How did it happen that scientists, scientific documents, and their bibliographic links came to be regarded as mathematical variables in abstract models of scientific communication? What is therole of quantitative analyses of scientific an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Bellis, Nicola, 1969-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Bibliometrics.
Information science > Statistical methods.
Scientific literature > Statistical methods.
Technical literature > Statistical methods.
Bibliographical citations.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General. > Library & Information Science
Electronic books.
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Summary:Can the methods of science be directed toward science itself? How did it happen that scientists, scientific documents, and their bibliographic links came to be regarded as mathematical variables in abstract models of scientific communication? What is therole of quantitative analyses of scientific and technical documentation in current science policy and management? Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis: From the Science Citation Index to Cybermetrics answers these questions through a comprehensive overview of theories, techniques, concepts, and applications in the interdisciplinary and steadily.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 417 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-394) and index.
ISBN:9780810867147 (electronic bk.)
0810867141 (electronic bk.)

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