TY - GEN

T1 - The Problem of Contemporary Science Representation in Informational Networks

AU - Shipovalova, Lada

AU - Chebotareva, Elena

N1 - Conference code: XX

PY - 2017/6/21

Y1 - 2017/6/21

N2 - In this article, we argue that representation of science in informational networks is problematic. It causes debates and disagreements settled in the opposition between scholars and research management. On the one hand, it is impossible to imagine how research would proceed without presenting results in the form of publications and distributing information about scientific research through the Internet. On the other hand, this representation in the form of scientometrics over-empowers those who control how research is conducted. Scholars are forced to make use of the only means of scientific communication, which relates to journal impact factors and citation indexing. We look beyond the usual reasons used in these debates and offer original insight into this problem using an epistemological argument. From the epistemological view, we claim that representation of science in networks, just as representation in science, should incorporate variability. In this context, we devote our attention to altmetrics. Altmetrics give scholars the possibility to communicate and promote their work and allow various social and political actors use this representation of science. We examine this problem in the Russian context too.

AB - In this article, we argue that representation of science in informational networks is problematic. It causes debates and disagreements settled in the opposition between scholars and research management. On the one hand, it is impossible to imagine how research would proceed without presenting results in the form of publications and distributing information about scientific research through the Internet. On the other hand, this representation in the form of scientometrics over-empowers those who control how research is conducted. Scholars are forced to make use of the only means of scientific communication, which relates to journal impact factors and citation indexing. We look beyond the usual reasons used in these debates and offer original insight into this problem using an epistemological argument. From the epistemological view, we claim that representation of science in networks, just as representation in science, should incorporate variability. In this context, we devote our attention to altmetrics. Altmetrics give scholars the possibility to communicate and promote their work and allow various social and political actors use this representation of science. We examine this problem in the Russian context too.

KW - Altmetrics

KW - Informational space

KW - Research activity

KW - Research management

KW - Scientific

KW - Scientometry

KW - Social networks

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040716060&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/3143699.3143713

DO - 10.1145/3143699.3143713

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85040716060

T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

SP - 15

EP - 21

BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2017

A2 - Zakharov, Victor P.

A2 - Smorgunov, Leonid V.

A2 - Bolgov, Radomir V.

A2 - Tolstikova, Irina I.

A2 - Borisov, Nikolai V.

A2 - Borisov, Nikolai V.

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

T2 - 2017 International Conference on Internet and Modern Society, IMS 2017

Y2 - 21 June 2017 through 23 June 2017

ER -