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This study explores the flow of information within and among academic disciplines in the social sciences and humanities through analyses of the patterns of scholarly book reviewing. An elite sample of scholarly monographs published by university presses between 1971 and 1990 was used.
Beginning with Derek de Solla Price, the measurement of communication within the disciplines of science has been ongoing. In the present book that field of inquiry is summarized and provides a basis for examining the flow of information in the social sciences and humanities.
List of contents
Introduction
The Social Study of Science
Disciplinarity: The Nature and Structure of Scholarly Disciplines
Book Reviews: Evaluative Systems in Scholarship
Book Reviews: Data and Analysis
Scholarly Book-Reviewing Journals
Information Flow: Direction, Volume, and Speed
Two Case Studies: Marchand's Advertising and Weber's Peasants
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
YLVA LINDHOLM-ROMANTSCHUK was Secretary General of the Nordic Council for Scientific Information in Helsinki, Finland. /e
Summary
This study explores the flow of information within and among academic disciplines in the social sciences and humanities through analyses of the patterns of scholarly book reviewing. In the present book that field of inquiry is summarized and provides a basis for examining the flow of information in the social sciences and humanities.
