Informetrics needs a foundation in the theory of science

Birger Hjørland

Informetrics needs a foundation in the theory of science

Birger Hjørland

Department of Communication

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Abstract

Taking the Kuhnian revolution in the philosophy of science as its point of departure, this chapter discusses the lessening influence of logical positivism as well as how the recognition of the subjectivity of the researcher, the social and historical nature of bibliometric patterns, and the importance of subject knowledge and subject theories have the potential to transform all sciences and meta-sciences including informetrics in a positive direction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication
Editors	Cassidy Rose Sugimoto
Number of pages	27
Publisher	De Gruyter
Publication date	1 Jan 2016
Pages	20-46
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-11-030846-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016

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