{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-scientometrics-loet-leydesdorff-9781581126815","title":"The Challenge of Scientometrics: The Development, Measurement, and Self-Organization of Scientific Communications","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScientometrics\u003c\/em\u003e--the quantitative study of scientific communication--challenges science and technology studies by demonstrating that organized knowledge production and control is amenable to measurement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, the various dimensions of the empirical study of the sciences are clarified in a methodological analysis of theoretical traditions, including the sociology of scientific knowledge and neo-conventionalism in the philosophy of science. Second, the author argues why the mathematical theory of communication enables us to address crucial problems in science and technology studies, both on the qualitative side (e.g., the significance of a reconstruction) and on the quantitative side (e.g., the prediction of indicators).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive set of probabilistic entropy measures for studying complex developments in networks is elaborated. In the third part of the study, applications to S\u0026amp;T policy questions (e.g., the emergence of a European R\u0026amp;D system), to problems of (Bayesian) knowledge representations, and to the study of the sciences in terms of 'self-organizing' paradigms of scientific communication are provided. A discussion of directions for further research concludes the study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loet Leydesdorff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1581126816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781581126815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Universal Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.52w x 1.03d","brand":"Loet Leydesdorff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47305333604607,"sku":"9781581126815","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_920d42c7-c52b-4bac-b2cb-32ac698d48fb.jpg?v=1758830600","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-challenge-of-scientometrics-loet-leydesdorff-9781581126815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}