Data Citation as a Bibliometric Oxymoron

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Prologue VI
4. Contents IX
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Critical informetrics
7. The Incessant Chattering of Texts 13
8. Informetrics Needs a Foundation in the Theory of Science 20
9. Part II: Citation theories
10. Referencing as Cooperation or Competition 49
11. Semiotics and Citations 72
12. Data Citation as a Bibliometric Oxymoron 93
13. Part III: Statistical theories
14. Type–Token Theory and Bibliometrics 119
15. From a Success Index to a Success Multiplier 148
16. From Matthew to Hirsch: A Success-Breeds-Success Story 165
17. Information’s Magic Numbers: The Numerology of Information Science 180
18. Part IV: Authorship theories
19. Authors as Persons and Authors as Bundles of Words 199
20. The Angle Sum Theory: Exploring the Literature on Acknowledgments in Scholarly Communication 225
21. The Flesh of Science: Somatics and Semiotics 248
22. Part V: Knowledge organization theories
23. Informetric Analyses of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs) 261
24. Information, Meaning, and Intellectual Organization in Networks of Inter-Human Communication 280
25. Modeling the Structure and Dynamics of Science Using Books 304
26. Part VI: Altmetric theories
27. Webometrics and Altmetrics: Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth 337
28. Scientific Revolution in Scientometrics: The Broadening of Impact from Citation to Societal 347
29. Altmetrics as Traces of the Computerization of the Research Process 360
30. Interpreting ‘Altmetrics’: Viewing Acts on Social Media through the Lens of Citation and Social Theories 372
31. Biographical information for the editor and contributors 407
32. Index 414