Mapping Knowledge: Scholarly Communication and Bibliometrics in the Digital Age

This book examines the history of scholarly communication in the digital world, with a specific focus on bibliometrics in the understanding of research influence and flow of knowledge. It offers a critical perspective on open access, electronic publishing, and the evaluation of research, and is therefore an indispensable resource for researchers, librarians, and research professionals. In the modern digital era, the way we share and measure knowledge is undergoing rapid change.
This is how researchers converse, how bibliometrics represents the spread of ideas, and what change implies for scholarship in the future. Suitable for anyone interested in scholarship's changed landscape.