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http://dx.doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2013.1.4.1

From Signtometrics to Scientometrics: A Cautionary Tale of Our Times  

Cronin, Blaise (School of Informatics & Computing Indiana University)
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Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice / v.1, no.4, 2013 , pp. 6-11 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is but a short journey from citation indexing to citation analysis and thence to evaluative bibliometrics. This paper outlines the path and describes how the time-honored practice of affixing bibliographic references to scholarly articles has paved the way for a culture of accounting to establish itself in contemporary academia.
Keywords
Citation indexing; bibliometrics; citation analysis; scientometrics; bibliographic references; evaluation; research assessment;
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