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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

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

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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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• 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!