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Metatheory and information science
Brian VickeryMetatheory is described as the analysis of the presuppositions of a field of knowledge or practice. The presuppositions at the basis of the practice of information science are…
The correlation between citation counts and the 1992 research assessment exercise ratings for British research in genetics, anatomy and archaeology
Charles OppenheimA study was carried out to assess the correlation between scores achieved by academic departments in the UK in the 1992 Research Assessment Exercise, and the number of citations…
Duality in information retrieval and the hypergeometric distribution
Leo Egghe, Ronald RousseauDuality is an important topic in informetrics, especially in connection with the classical informetric laws. Yet this concept is less studied in information retrieval. It deals…
Theory growth in information science: applications of the theory of science to a theory of information seeking
Pertti Vakkari, Martti KuokkanenThe aim of the study is to analyse theory growth in information science by using a case from information seeking studies. Scientific growth is identified with the growth of…
Gravity wells of meaning: detecting information‐rich passages in scientific texts
Hans PaijmansFour term‐weighting schemes are used to detect information‐rich passages in texts and the results are compared. It is demonstrated that word categories and frequency‐derived…
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