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Why has Latour's theory of citations been ignored by the bibliometric community? Discussion of sociological interpretations of citation analysis

Luukkonen, Terttu·1997·Scientometrics

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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.”
  • 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.”

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Authors
Luukkonen, T.
Affiliations
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
Corresponding author
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
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FWCI
7.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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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