Galton 2011 revisited: a bibliometric journey in the footprints of a universal genius |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Juan?GorraizEmail author Christian?Gumpenberger Martin?Wieland |
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Affiliation: | (1) Bibliometrics Department, University of Vienna, Vienna University Library, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria |
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Abstract: | Commemorating the 100th death anniversary of Francis Galton, this paper is a bibliometric impact analysis of the works of
this outstanding scientist and predecessor of scientometrics. Citation analysis was done in Web of Science, Scopus and Google
Scholar (Publish or Perish) in order to retrieve the most cited books and journal articles. Additionally references were identified
where Galton was rather mentioned than cited in order to analyze the phenomenon of obliteration by incorporation. Finally
occurrence counts of Galton’s works in obituaries, Festschrift, the website Galton.org, major encyclopaedias and biographical
indexes were compared to citation counts. As an outcome Galton’s works are increasingly cited or mentioned. Obliteration (use
of eponyms) applies to one-third of Galton’s works and seems to be typical for fields like mathematics or statistics, whereas
citations are more common in psychology. The most cited books and journal articles are also the most mentioned with remarkable
correlation. Overall citation analysis and occurrence counting are complementary useful methods for the impact analysis of
the works of “giants”. |
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