Comments on: The “h-index”: An Objective Mismeasure? http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/06/30/the-h-index-an-objective-mismeasure/ What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: InCites — More Counting, But Does It Count? « The Scholarly Kitchen http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/06/30/the-h-index-an-objective-mismeasure/#comment-2680 InCites — More Counting, But Does It Count? « The Scholarly Kitchen Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:53:50 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-2680 [...] started to worry about this about a year ago, and posted on the topic (the h-index, etc.). To reiterate some points from that post, citations occur for a lot of reasons. Some citations are [...] [...] started to worry about this about a year ago, and posted on the topic (the h-index, etc.). To reiterate some points from that post, citations occur for a lot of reasons. Some citations are [...]

]]> By: Eigenfactor « The Scholarly Kitchen http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/06/30/the-h-index-an-objective-mismeasure/#comment-2003 Eigenfactor « The Scholarly Kitchen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:30:25 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-2003 [...] us with any more information than we already have. And lastly, that we need to be careful about the validity of viewing citations only as a means of conveying [...] [...] us with any more information than we already have. And lastly, that we need to be careful about the validity of viewing citations only as a means of conveying [...]

]]> By: Philip Davis http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2008/06/30/the-h-index-an-objective-mismeasure/#comment-509 Philip Davis Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:59:56 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.wordpress.com/?p=165#comment-509 Henry Small also promoted the idea that citations function as *concept symbols*, essentially a shorthand for an idea expressed by another author. For instance, if I cite Watson and Crick (Nature, 1953), most scientists will know that I'm referring to the concept of the double-helix of DNA, and I don't need to go any further to describe the work. By analyzing the words around a citation, it is possible to create a collective interpretation of what that document stands for. The act of authorship and citation-making can therefore be viewed as a communal dialog. Small, H. 1978. Cited Documents as Concept Symbols. Social Studies of Science 8: 327-340. DOI: 10.1177/030631277800800305 Henry Small also promoted the idea that citations function as *concept symbols*, essentially a shorthand for an idea expressed by another author.

For instance, if I cite Watson and Crick (Nature, 1953), most scientists will know that I’m referring to the concept of the double-helix of DNA, and I don’t need to go any further to describe the work.

By analyzing the words around a citation, it is possible to create a collective interpretation of what that document stands for. The act of authorship and citation-making can therefore be viewed as a communal dialog.

Small, H. 1978. Cited Documents as Concept Symbols. Social Studies of Science 8: 327-340.
DOI: 10.1177/030631277800800305

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