Bibliometrics and beyond: some thoughts on web-based citation analysis

by: Blaise Cronin

Journal of Information Science, Vol. 27, No. 1. (1 February 2001), pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

The idea of a unified citation index to the literature of science was first outlined by Eugene Garfield [1] in 1955 in the journal Science. Science Citation Index has since established itself as the gold standard for scientific information retrieval. It has also become the database of choice for citation analysts and evaluative bibliometricians worldwide. As scientific publication moves to the web, and novel approaches to scholarly communication and peer review establish themselves, new methods of citation and link analysis will emerge to capture often liminal expressions of peer esteem, influence and approbation. The web thus affords bibliometricians rich opportunities to apply and adapt their techniques to new contexts and content: the age of bibliometric spectroscopy' [2] is dawning. 10.1177/016555150102700101

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