Why has Latour's theory of citations been ignored by the bibliometric community? Discussion of sociological interpretations of citation analysis
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One advantage of Latour's theory over the normative theory is that the former paints a coherent picture of the actual use of citations, and that citations perform different functions.
“Luukkonen (1997) further explains that one advantage of Latour's theory over the normative theory is that the former paints a coherent picture of the actual use of citations, and that citations perform different functions.”
From Core Elements in the Process of Citing Publications: Conceptual Overview of the Literature (2018) · cites this paper as Luukkonen, 1997
Latour's explanation does not legitimate major uses of citation, its use as a performance measure, or as an indication of the development of specialties, as in co-citation analysis.
“Luukkonen (1997) notes that this explanation does not legitimate major uses of citation, its use as a performance measure, or as an indication of the development of specialties, as in co-citation analysis.”
From Core Elements in the Process of Citing Publications: Conceptual Overview of the Literature (2018) · cites this paper as Luukkonen, 1997
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- Authors
- Luukkonen, T.
- Affiliations
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Luukkonen, Terttu
- ORCID
- Luukkonen, Terttu
- Venue
- Scientometrics
- Published
- 1997-01
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-37
- ISSN
- 0138-9130 (ISSN-L)
- 1588-2861
- OpenAlex
- W2054650225
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 7.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Scientometrics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Web visibility and informetrics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Library Science and Information
- Keywords
- citation analysis, Bruno Latour, science in action, sociology of science, citation behavior, bibliometric analysis, science communication
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