The bibliometric journey towards technological and social change: A review of current challenges and issues
Identificadores
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81093Metadatos
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Profesional de la información
Materia
Evaluative bibliometrics Research evaluation Peer review Trends Metrics Scientific databases Bibliometric indicators
Fecha
2023Referencia bibliográfica
Torres-Salinas, Daniel; Robinson-García, Nicolás; Jiménez-Contreras, Evaristo (2023). “The bibliometric journey towards technological and social change: A review of current challenges and issues”. Profesional de la información, v. 32, n. 2, e320228. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2023.mar.28
Patrocinador
Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain, PID2019-109127RB-I00/ SRA/10.13039/501100011033 and PID2020-117007RA-I00/SRA/10.13039/501100011033; Ramón y Cajal researcher (REF: RYC2019-027886-I)Resumen
The current trends and challenges in the field of bibliometrics are reviewed. To do so, we take the reader along a bibliometric
route with six stations: the explosion of databases, the inflation of metrics, its relationship to Data Science, searching
for meaning, evaluative bibliometrics, and diversity and profession. This evaluation encompasses three dimensions
of the bibliometrics field regarding research evaluation: the technological, the theoretical, and the social. Finally,
we advocate for the principles of an evaluative bibliometrics, balancing the power of metrics with expert judgment and
science policy.