The Challenge of Scientometrics: The Development, Measurement, and Self-Organization of Scientific C - Couverture souple

Leydesdorff, Loet

 
9781581126815: The Challenge of Scientometrics: The Development, Measurement, and Self-Organization of Scientific C
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ISBN 10 : 1581126816 ISBN 13 : 9781581126815
Editeur : Universal Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

Scientometrics--the quantitative study of scientific communication--challenges science and technology studies by demonstrating that organized knowledge production and control is amenable to measurement.

First, the various dimensions of the empirical study of the sciences are clarified in a methodological analysis of theoretical traditions, including the sociology of scientific knowledge and neo-conventionalism in the philosophy of science. Second, the author argues why the mathematical theory of communication enables us to address crucial problems in science and technology studies, both on the qualitative side (e.g., the significance of a reconstruction) and on the quantitative side (e.g., the prediction of indicators).

A comprehensive set of probabilistic entropy measures for studying complex developments in networks is elaborated. In the third part of the study, applications to S&T policy questions (e.g., the emergence of a European R&D system), to problems of (Bayesian) knowledge representations, and to the study of the sciences in terms of 'self-organizing' paradigms of scientific communication are provided. A discussion of directions for further research concludes the study.

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Éditeur
Universal Publishers
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1581126816
ISBN 13 
9781581126815
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
356
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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