24 Sep 2003
CS 6210 – Module 6
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Fragmentation
¡Motivation from academia
lThe “popularity contest”
lGetting others to use your intellectual property and credit you with it
¡Spread your knowledge
wide across disciplines
lAcademic yardstick for tenure (and for hiring)
¡The more the better –
__________________
¡The higher quality the
better – ___________
To think about: what is
fragmentation’s relation to the aforementioned
bibliometric laws?