规范不确定性:颠覆性指数揭示了文献计量指标的(隐藏)多重宇宙
Specification uncertainty: What the disruption index tells us about the (hidden) multiverse of bibliometric indicators
AI总结:
本文以颠覆性指数(DI1)为例,指出文献计量指标计算中隐藏的自由度会危及研究可信度,并提倡采用多重宇宙式方法以提升研究透明度。
摘要:
继 Funk 和 Owen-Smith(2017)之后,Wu 等人(2019)提出了颠覆性指数(DI1)作为一种衡量颠覆性与巩固性研究的文献计量指标。在为我们最近发表的综述文章(Leibel & Bornmann, 2024)总结颠覆性指数相关文献时,我们注意到颠覆性分数的计算伴随着众多(隐藏的)自由度。在这封致编辑的信中,我们以 DI1 为例进行解释,说明为何文献计量指标的分析灵活性可能会危及研究的可信度,并提倡应用多重宇宙式方法以提升研究的透明度。
英文摘要:
Following Funk and Owen-Smith (2017), Wu et al. (2019) proposed the disruption index (DI1) as a bibliometric indicator that measures disruptive and consolidating research. When we summarized the literature on the disruption index for our recently published review article (Leibel & Bornmann, 2024), we noticed that the calculation of disruption scores comes with numerous (hidden) degrees of freedom. In this Letter to the Editor, we explain based on the DI1 (as an example) why the analytical flexibility of bibliometric indicators potentially endangers the credibility of research and advertise the application of multiverse-style methods to increase the transparency of the research.
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