Paper originally requested by the former editor of Science

[Eugene Garfield]

http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/libriv48(2)p67-80y1998.pdf

 

>From citation indexes to informetrics: Is the tail now wagging the dog?

 

 

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Source: LIBRI    Volume: 48    Issue: 2    Pages: 67-80    Published:
JUN 1998   

Times Cited: 26
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Abstract: This article provides a synoptic review and history of
citation indexes and their evolution into research evaluation tools
including a discussion of the use of bibliometric data for evaluating
U.S. institutions (academic departments) by the National Research
Council (NRC). The review covers the origin and uses of journal impact
factors, validation studies of citation analysis, information retrieval
and dissemination (current awareness), citation consciousness,
historiography and science mapping, Citation Classics,(R) and the
history of contemporary science. Retrieval of information by cited
reference searching is illustrated, especially as it applies to avoiding
duplicated research. The fifteen-year cumulative impacts of journals and
the percentage of uncitedness, the emergence of scientometrics, old boy
networks, and citation frequency distributions are discussed. The paper
concludes with observations about the future of citation indexing.

 

 

 

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