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| Translated title of the contribution | Against the geographically very narrow coverage of the networks of German human geographers - Comment on the network analysis of Steinbrink et al. |
|---|---|
| Original language | German |
| Pages | 369-375 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Journal | Berichte zur Deutschen Landeskunde |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Abstract
Malte Steinbrink and his students did a tremendous Job with their project 'knotting knowledge in geography'. Our comment makes some recommendations on how future studies may improve on this research. We suggest looking for better indicators to analyze knowledge networks among human geographers in Germany. Co-publication data, while potentially the best of the three indicators, suffers from unnecessary limitation to just six German geography Journals. Citation data is a good attempt but the central assumption that citation is dependent on the social interaction between the citing and the cited person is not backed up by bibliometric studies. By far the weakest indicator relates to activities at German 'Geographentage'. Unfortunately the basic study does not present a proper network analysis, but merely delivers several descriptive statistics and illustrations. Finally, we develop some specific suggestions for a more valid and deeper analysis of the knowledge networks of human geographers.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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In: Berichte zur Deutschen Landeskunde, Vol. 86, No. 4, 2012, p. 369-375.
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T1 - Wider die geographisch zu enge Erfassung der Netzwerke deutscher Humangeographen - Kommentar zur Netzwerkanalyse von Steinbrink et al.
AU - Brökel, Tom
AU - Sternberg, Rolf
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Malte Steinbrink and his students did a tremendous Job with their project 'knotting knowledge in geography'. Our comment makes some recommendations on how future studies may improve on this research. We suggest looking for better indicators to analyze knowledge networks among human geographers in Germany. Co-publication data, while potentially the best of the three indicators, suffers from unnecessary limitation to just six German geography Journals. Citation data is a good attempt but the central assumption that citation is dependent on the social interaction between the citing and the cited person is not backed up by bibliometric studies. By far the weakest indicator relates to activities at German 'Geographentage'. Unfortunately the basic study does not present a proper network analysis, but merely delivers several descriptive statistics and illustrations. Finally, we develop some specific suggestions for a more valid and deeper analysis of the knowledge networks of human geographers.
AB - Malte Steinbrink and his students did a tremendous Job with their project 'knotting knowledge in geography'. Our comment makes some recommendations on how future studies may improve on this research. We suggest looking for better indicators to analyze knowledge networks among human geographers in Germany. Co-publication data, while potentially the best of the three indicators, suffers from unnecessary limitation to just six German geography Journals. Citation data is a good attempt but the central assumption that citation is dependent on the social interaction between the citing and the cited person is not backed up by bibliometric studies. By far the weakest indicator relates to activities at German 'Geographentage'. Unfortunately the basic study does not present a proper network analysis, but merely delivers several descriptive statistics and illustrations. Finally, we develop some specific suggestions for a more valid and deeper analysis of the knowledge networks of human geographers.
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VL - 86
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JO - Berichte zur Deutschen Landeskunde
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