The operationalization of "fields" as WoS subject categories (WCs) in evaluative bibliometrics: The cases of "library and information science" and "science & technology studies"

Normalization of citation scores using reference sets based on Web of Science subject categories (WCs) has become an established (“best”) practice in evaluative bibliometrics. For example, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings are, among other things, based on this operationalization....

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Published in:Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 707 - 714
Main Authors: Leydesdorff, Loet, Bornmann, Lutz
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2016
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Categories
Classification
Evolution
Libraries
Mathematical analysis
WCs
ISSN:2330-1635, 2330-1643
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