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Bibliometrics and the humanities
  • Björn Hellqvist
  • Department of Library and Information Science.
  • Institution of ABM. Uppsala University
  • Supervisor Kerstin Rydbeck
  • Associate Fredrik Åström
  • Bjorn.hellqvist_at_abm.uu.se

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  • Aim
  • To investigate the possibilities of mapping
    humanistic research fields (e.g. literature
    research and philosophy) with bibliometric
    methods in an international and national context.

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  • Structure
  • ?The reference (citation) in the humanities
    theoretical framework
  • ? Bibliometric analyse of literature research
  • ? Bibliometric analyse of philosophy
  • ? Analyse on a national level using
    applications for grants (vetenskapsrådet)

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  • Theory
  • ? Article about reference (citation) pratices
    within the humanities
  • ? Theories about references (citation) and
    connection to the tradition of the footnote.
  • ? Using theories from sociology of science as
    Whitley ,Beecher Trowler, Frickel Gross

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  • Bibliometric analyse
  • - On literature research and philosophy
  • - Two different disciplines altough clearly
    humanistic ones (compare linguistics)

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  • Material
  • ?WoS
  • ? Journal info (LUB) combined with FRIDA
    (journals indexed as of high scientific value)
  • ? 1998-2007
  • ? Resulting in 9334 (literature) and 8024
    (philosophy) articles for analyse

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  • Material
  • ?Few non-english journals (In Literature
    Nehophilologus (Netherland) and Poetics
    (Netherland). In philosophy Erkenntnis (German)
    and Kant-Studien (German).
  • ? In literature journals for a lay public are
    common, as Times Literary supplement

8
  • Method
  • Co-citation analyses using bibexcel
  • - Author
  • - Document
  • Journal
  • Citation among docs

9
  • 20 most cited authors in literature research

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  • 20 most cited authors in literature research

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  • 20 most cited authors in literature research

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  • 20 most cited authors in literature research

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ACA 70 most cited 1998-2007
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ACA 70 most cited 1998-2007
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ACA 70 most cited 1998-2007
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  • On a national level
  • - Using applications to research council
    (Vetenskapsrådet)
  • Which scholars are important to cite when
    applying for founds?
  • Study of applications in philosophy and
    literature

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  • All suggestions and questions are welcome!
  • Thank you!
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