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BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Open Access Published by De Gruyter Saur 2016

Type–Token Theory and Bibliometrics

From the book Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication

  • Jonathan Furner
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110308464-009
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© 2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston
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Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication
Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication

Chapters in this book (26)

Frontmatter
Foreword
Prologue
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Critical informetrics
The Incessant Chattering of Texts
Informetrics Needs a Foundation in the Theory of Science
Part II: Citation theories
Referencing as Cooperation or Competition
Semiotics and Citations
Data Citation as a Bibliometric Oxymoron
Part III: Statistical theories
Type–Token Theory and Bibliometrics
From a Success Index to a Success Multiplier
From Matthew to Hirsch: A Success-Breeds-Success Story
Information’s Magic Numbers: The Numerology of Information Science
Part IV: Authorship theories
Authors as Persons and Authors as Bundles of Words
The Angle Sum Theory: Exploring the Literature on Acknowledgments in Scholarly Communication
The Flesh of Science: Somatics and Semiotics
Part V: Knowledge organization theories
Informetric Analyses of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs)
Information, Meaning, and Intellectual Organization in Networks of Inter-Human Communication
Modeling the Structure and Dynamics of Science Using Books
Part VI: Altmetric theories
Webometrics and Altmetrics: Home Birth vs. Hospital Birth
Scientific Revolution in Scientometrics: The Broadening of Impact from Citation to Societal
Altmetrics as Traces of the Computerization of the Research Process
Interpreting ‘Altmetrics’: Viewing Acts on Social Media through the Lens of Citation and Social Theories
Biographical information for the editor and contributors
Index
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