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dc.contributor.authorNelhans, Gustaf
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-05T07:43:41Z
dc.date.available2013-09-05T07:43:41Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-05
dc.identifier.isbn978-91-628-8767-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-91-628-8768-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/33516
dc.description.abstractThe thesis investigates the scientific citation and its various functions in the scientific community and develops it as a tool for research in theory of science, scientometrics and science studies. Through empirical and theoretical studies that utilize both quali-tative and quantitative methods the citation’s history, method, as well as its use in research policy is examined. Through a historical study the thesis shows three stages of development as re-quired for the construction of the citation as an indicator of intrinsic aspects of sci-ence. These consisted of a) citations as technology, within the citation index, b) the citation as a research method as theorised within Mertonian sociology of science, and c) the citation as a research subject. Following this the “citation debate” in Science and Technology Studies (STS) is described and analysed, which questions the use of gen-eralized quantitative methods. Inspired by an STS approach a performative model of “the mangle of the citation practice” is developed. This aims to understand the cita-tion existing in a context where researchers, articles and the citation index are mutu-ally creating and recreating each other. The thesis uses the HistCite scientometrics tool to develop a novel methodology that highlights local dynamics of citation prac-tices between scientific authors and texts using a visual approach of identifying pat-terns of citations in graphic representations of articles and their citation patterns. For this a “citation typology” is created to identify specific patterns and phenomenon in HistCite graphic representations. The last empirical study is of the introduction of quantitatively based performance-based models for funding of research in Norwegian and Swedish research policy 2003-2010 which problematizes the part played by the citation in a research policy setting as “unobtrusive” indicators of scientific practice. The thesis demonstrates the significance of the citation in research through its de-sign as a reflection of the scientific reference, and result of it being constructed – and used – as an indicator of scientific quality. Furthermore, it shows an emerging awareness in the scientific community that quantifiable indicators of scientific achievement – of which the citation is perhaps the main element – has gained a prominent role in both internal and external domains of scientific practice.sv
dc.language.isoswesv
dc.subjectperformativitysv
dc.subjectcitation practicessv
dc.subjectcitation manglesv
dc.subjectcitation culturesv
dc.subjectcitation networkssv
dc.subjectHistCitesv
dc.subjectcitation mapsv
dc.subjecthistoriographsv
dc.subjectontologysv
dc.subjectcontroversysv
dc.subjectScience and Technology Studiessv
dc.subjectSTSsv
dc.subjectTheory of sciencesv
dc.subjectperformativitetsv
dc.subjectciteringskultursv
dc.subjectciteringsmangelsv
dc.subjectciteringspraktikersv
dc.subjectciteringsnätverksv
dc.subjectciteringstypologisv
dc.subjectvetenskapsteorisv
dc.titleCiteringens praktiker – Det vetenskapliga publicerandet som teori, metod och forskningspolitiksv
dc.typeText
dc.type.svepDoctoral thesiseng
dc.gup.mailgustaf.nelhans@theorysc.gu.sesv
dc.type.degreeDoctor of Philosophysv
dc.gup.originGöteborgs universitet. Humanistiska fakultetenswe
dc.gup.originUniversity of Gothenburg. Faculty of Artseng
dc.gup.departmentDepartment of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science ; Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteorisv
dc.gup.defenceplaceFredagen den 27 september 2013, kl. 13.00 i Lilla hörsalen, Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6, Göteborg.sv
dc.gup.defencedate2013-09-27
dc.gup.dissdb-fakultetHF


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