Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy applied to iMetrics: Scientometrics,Journal of Informetrics,and a relevant subset of JASIST |
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| Institution: | 1. Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Hofgartenstr. 8, 80539 Munich, Germany;3. Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany;4. School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405-1901, United States;1. Lappeenranta University of Technology, Department of Mathematics and Physics, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland;2. School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland;3. Faculty of Chemistry, Rzeszów University of Technology, Al. Powstańców Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland;4. Department of Process Engineering, ?ód? University of Technology, ?ód?, Poland;1. SciTech Strategies, Inc., Albuquerque, NM 87122, USA;2. SciTech Strategies, Inc., Berwyn, PA 19312, USA;1. Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Hofgartenstr. 8, 80539 Munich, Germany;2. Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance (iFQ), Schützenstraße 6a, 10117 Berlin, Germany;4. Center for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) and Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Waaistraat 6, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;1. Rathenau Institute, Science System Assessment, Anna van Saksenlaan 51, 2593 HW The Hague, The Netherlands;2. VU University Amsterdam, Network Institute & Department of Organization Science, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. GRIPS – National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-867, Japan;4. Université Paris-Est, ESIEE – LATTS – IFRIS, 2, bd Blaise Pascal, Noisy le Grand 93160, France;5. CNRS – Aix-Marseille Université, LEST UMR 7317, 35 Avenue Jules Ferry, 13626 Aix en Provence Cedex 01, France;1. Institute for Education and Information Sciences, IBW, University of Antwerp (UA), Venusstraat 35, Antwerp B-2000, Belgium;2. KU Leuven, Leuven B-3000, Belgium;1. College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;2. University of Antwerp, Institute of Education and Information Sciences, IBW, Venusstraat 35, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | We have developed a (freeware) routine for “Referenced Publication Years Spectroscopy” (RPYS) and apply this method to the historiography of “iMetrics,” that is, the junction of the journals Scientometrics, Informetrics, and the relevant subset of JASIST (approx. 20%) that shapes the intellectual space for the development of information metrics (bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, and webometrics). The application to information metrics (our own field of research) provides us with the opportunity to validate this methodology, and to add a reflection about using citations for the historical reconstruction. The results show that the field is rooted in individual contributions of the 1920s to 1950s (e.g., Alfred J. Lotka), and was then shaped intellectually in the early 1960s by a confluence of the history of science (Derek de Solla Price), documentation (e.g., Michael M. Kessler's “bibliographic coupling”), and “citation indexing” (Eugene Garfield). Institutional development at the interfaces between science studies and information science has been reinforced by the new journal Informetrics since 2007. In a concluding reflection, we return to the question of how the historiography of science using algorithmic means—in terms of citation practices—can be different from an intellectual history of the field based, for example, on reading source materials. |
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| Keywords: | Cited references Historiography Citation classics |
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