Abstract
The quantification of the world is in full swing. With Big Data everyone will be convinced that in the future the truth will be based on correlations, not causality. This, however, will succeed only with a new understanding of data, its quality and precision. Will bibliometrics be able to comply?
Session Number
Third Keynote
Date of this Version
June 2014
Recommended Citation
Rafael Ball,
"Measuring the World with Scientometrics Challenges and Limitations."
Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences.
Paper 3.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2014/keynotes/3
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Measuring the World with Scientometrics Challenges and Limitations
The quantification of the world is in full swing. With Big Data everyone will be convinced that in the future the truth will be based on correlations, not causality. This, however, will succeed only with a new understanding of data, its quality and precision. Will bibliometrics be able to comply?