Autore: Biolcati Rinaldi, Ferruccio
Titolo: Quali fonti di dati e indicatori bibliometrici per le scienze sociali? Alcuni risultati a partire da uno studio di caso
Periodico: Polis
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 26 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 171 - Pagina finale: 202

The article focuses on the debate in the social sciences and the humanitiesabout the evaluation of research through bibliometric indicators.Many scholars call into question the validity of bibliometric indicatorsfor social sciences and the reliability of the databases, but there arefew empirical studies that have sought to verify the real impact of thisstate of things in the Italian context. After reviewing the national and internationaldebate, the case at the center of the analysis - an academicdepartment based in Milan - is introduced. A proposal for conceptualizingscientific production is advanced and data sources and indicatorsused to put this conceptualization into practice are described. Data analysisaims to highlight the strengths and limitations of bibliometric indicatorsfor the social sciences, as well as to study the reliability and validityof the proposed indices: simple analytical tools will be used to tryto maintain a balance with information capacity of the collected datathat is somewhat limited (since it is a local case). In conclusion it is arguedthat the problem is not only the insufficient coverage of the literatureof social sciences from the available data sources, but also the inadequateconceptualization of scientific production.




SICI: 1120-9488(2012)26:2<171:QFDDEI>2.0.ZU;2-I
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