Scientometrics and communication theory: Towards theoretically informed indicators

L. Leydesdorff; P. Van Den Besselaar

doi:10.1007/bf02461129

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 38: Issue 1

Scientometrics and communication theory: Towards theoretically informed indicators

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L. Leydesdorff

L. Leydesdorff Department of Science and Technology Dynamics Nieuwe Achtergracht 166 1018 WV Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Nieuwe Achtergracht 166 1018 WV Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

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P. Van Den Besselaar

P. Van Den Besselaar Department of Social Science Informatics Roetersstraat 15 1018 WB Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Roetersstraat 15 1018 WB Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

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Pages:: 155–174

Online Publication Date:: 26 Jul 2006

Publication Date:: 01 Jan 1997

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02461129

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Abstract

The theory of citations should not consider cited and/or citing agents as its sole subject of study. One is able to study also the dynamics in the networks of communications. While communicating agents (e.g., authors, laboratories, journals) can be made comparable in terms of their publication and citation counts, one would expect the communication networks not to be homogeneous. The latent structures of the network indicate different codifications that span a space of possible “translations”. The various subdynamics can be hypothesized from an evolutionary perspective. Using the network of aggregated journal-journal citations inScience & Technology Studies as an empirical case, the operation of such subdynamics can be demonstrated. Policy implications and the consequences for a theory-driven type of scientometrics will be elaborated.

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