The operationalization of "fields" as WoS subject categories (WCs) in evaluative bibliometrics: The cases of "library and information science" and "science & technology studies"

• Published in: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 707 - 714
• Main Authors: Leydesdorff, Loet, Bornmann, Lutz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Bibliometrics; Categories; Classification; Evolution; Libraries; Mathematical analysis; WCs

Normalization of citation scores using reference sets based on Web of Science subject categories (WCs) has become an established (“best”) practice in evaluative bibliometrics. For example, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings are, among other things, based on this operationalization....