Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature

Purpose. The tools for measuring the research impact are of little use in disciplines such as history and literature, which have a strong cultural, linguistic and regional component and often use channels of academic communication in languages other than English. The aim of this article is to provid...

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Autores: Ardanuy, Jordi, Urbano, Cristóbal, Quintana, Lluís, 1953-
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2011
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/113105
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Bibliometria
Avaluació
Literatura
Català
Danès (Llengua)
Bibliometrics
Evaluation
Literature
Catalan language
Danish language
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spelling Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literatureArdanuy, JordiUrbano, CristóbalQuintana, Lluís, 1953-BibliometriaAvaluacióLiteraturaCatalàDanès (Llengua)BibliometricsEvaluationLiteratureCatalan languageDanish languagePurpose. The tools for measuring the research impact are of little use in disciplines such as history and literature, which have a strong cultural, linguistic and regional component and often use channels of academic communication in languages other than English. The aim of this article is to provide a methodological contribution to the use of WoS data bases showing that it is nevertheless possible to obtain quantitative information on these disciplines through the A&HCI if a suitable strategy is used. We also wish to stress the need to improve the coverage of citation databases in humanities and the information retrieval tools that they include. The cases of Catalan and Danish literature are used as examples. Methodology. To carry out this research we have created a protocol that could be employed as a general way for the study of any other literature from citations databases. This method consists of complementing the search for subject categories of Catalan and Danish literature as topics in the A&HCI with a list of outstanding authors in each of the two languages. Findings. We identify international trends in Catalan and Danish literature research. We also determine the international visibility of the studies in comparison with those of other literatures. Research into literature in Catalan and Danish literature does not seem to be gaining ground internationally. The results are in agreement with those of previous studies, which proves the efficacy of the proposed method.Universitat de Barcelona2017201720112017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/113105Articles publicats en revistes (Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://www2.ub.edu/bid/27/ardanuy3.htmBiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació , 2011, num. 27cc-by-nc-nd (c) Ardanuy Baró, Jordi et al., 2011http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1131052026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
title Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
spellingShingle Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
Ardanuy, Jordi
Bibliometria
Avaluació
Literatura
Català
Danès (Llengua)
Bibliometrics
Evaluation
Literature
Catalan language
Danish language
title_short Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
title_full Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
title_fullStr Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
title_full_unstemmed Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
title_sort Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ardanuy, Jordi
Urbano, Cristóbal
Quintana, Lluís, 1953-
author Ardanuy, Jordi
author_facet Ardanuy, Jordi
Urbano, Cristóbal
Quintana, Lluís, 1953-
author_role author
author2 Urbano, Cristóbal
Quintana, Lluís, 1953-
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bibliometria
Avaluació
Literatura
Català
Danès (Llengua)
Bibliometrics
Evaluation
Literature
Catalan language
Danish language
topic Bibliometria
Avaluació
Literatura
Català
Danès (Llengua)
Bibliometrics
Evaluation
Literature
Catalan language
Danish language
description Purpose. The tools for measuring the research impact are of little use in disciplines such as history and literature, which have a strong cultural, linguistic and regional component and often use channels of academic communication in languages other than English. The aim of this article is to provide a methodological contribution to the use of WoS data bases showing that it is nevertheless possible to obtain quantitative information on these disciplines through the A&HCI if a suitable strategy is used. We also wish to stress the need to improve the coverage of citation databases in humanities and the information retrieval tools that they include. The cases of Catalan and Danish literature are used as examples. Methodology. To carry out this research we have created a protocol that could be employed as a general way for the study of any other literature from citations databases. This method consists of complementing the search for subject categories of Catalan and Danish literature as topics in the A&HCI with a list of outstanding authors in each of the two languages. Findings. We identify international trends in Catalan and Danish literature research. We also determine the international visibility of the studies in comparison with those of other literatures. Research into literature in Catalan and Danish literature does not seem to be gaining ground internationally. The results are in agreement with those of previous studies, which proves the efficacy of the proposed method.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www2.ub.edu/bid/27/ardanuy3.htm
BiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació , 2011, num. 27
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Universitat de Barcelona
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