| Title |
Little science, big science-- and beyond / Derek J. de Solla Price. |
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| Imprint |
New York : Columbia University Press, 1986. |
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| Description |
xxiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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| Note |
Includes text of: Little science, big science. Originally published: 1963. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Robert K. Merton / Eugene Garfield -- Foreword. Preface to little science, big science. "Price's citation classic". Acknowledgements. -- Prologue to a science of science -- Galton revisited -- Invisible colleges and the affluent scientific commuter -- Political strategy for big scientists -- Networks of scientific papers -- Collaboration in an invisible college -- Measuring the size of science -- Citation measures of a hard science, soft science, technology, and nonscience -- Some statistical results for the numbers of authors in the states of the United States and the nations of the world -- Studies in scientometrics, part 1: transience and continuance in scientific authorship -- Studies in scientometrics, part 2: the relation between source author and cited author populations -- Of sealing wax and string -- The citation cycle. -- Eugene Garfield / "Prince's citation cycle". Index. |
| Subject(s) |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Historiography.
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Science -- Social aspects.
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| Alternate Author |
Price, Derek J. de Solla (Derek John de Solla), 1922-1983.
Little science, big science. 1986.
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