Understanding Informetrics and Scholarly Communications in a Nutshell

Abstract

Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication,edited by Cassidy R Sugimoto.De Gruyter, Berlin,Germany, 2016, 426 pages, € 79.95 (Hardback), ISBN: 9783110298031. The book titled “Theories of Informetrics and Scholarly Communication” is another gem from Cassidy R Sugimoto. She brought in this volume as an editor to honor Professor Blaise Cronin, an awardee of 2013 Derek de Solla Price Award and Medal for “outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science”. Earlier, Sugimoto and Cronin jointly edited and published seminal books titled “Scholarly Metrics under the Microscope: From Citation Analysis to Academic Auditing” (2015, ISBN: 9781573874991) and “Beyond Bibliometrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact” (2014, ISBN: 9780262525510).

Keywords: Informetrics; Scholarly communication; Citation analysis; Multidimensional indicators