Seven Myths in Bibliometrics. About facts and fiction in quantitative science studies Export

@inproceedings{Glanzel2008, abstract = {Seven myths with cognitive and methodological background are analysed for validity. Although, there is always a grain of truth in bibliometrics myths too, the generality of their statements is disproved on the bases of methodological studies and by referring to typical counterexamples. It is shown how and where the logical fallacy lies in the inference from the reality behind the myths leading to the erroneous generalisation of the actual statements.}, author = {Gl\"{a}nzel, Wolfgang}, booktitle = {Proceedings of WIS 2008}, citeulike-article-id = {3454011}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.collnet.de/Berlin-2008/GlanzelWIS2008smb.pdf}, editor = {Kretschmer, H. and Havemann, F.}, keywords = {bibliometrics}, location = {Berlin, Germany}, organization = {Humboldt-Universit\"{a}t, Institute for Library and Information Science (IBI)}, posted-at = {2008-10-27 17:57:41}, priority = {5}, title = {Seven Myths in Bibliometrics. About facts and fiction in quantitative science studies}, url = {http://www.collnet.de/Berlin-2008/GlanzelWIS2008smb.pdf}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - Glanzel2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3454011 N2 - Seven myths with cognitive and methodological background are analysed for validity. Although, there is always a grain of truth in bibliometrics myths too, the generality of their statements is disproved on the bases of methodological studies and by referring to typical counterexamples. It is shown how and where the logical fallacy lies in the inference from the reality behind the myths leading to the erroneous generalisation of the actual statements. CY - Berlin, Germany OR - Humboldt-Universität, Institute for Library and Information Science (IBI) TI - Seven Myths in Bibliometrics. About facts and fiction in quantitative science studies T2 - Proceedings of WIS 2008 KW - bibliometrics AU - Glänzel, Wolfgang A2 - Kretschmer, H A2 - Havemann, F PY - 2008/// UR - http://www.collnet.de/Berlin-2008/GlanzelWIS2008smb.pdf ER -