Bibliometrics beyond citations: introducing mention extraction and analysis

Eugenio Petrovich (), Sander Verhaegh, Gregor Bös, Claudia Cristalli, Fons Dewulf, Ties Gemert and Nina IJdens
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Eugenio Petrovich: University of Turin
Sander Verhaegh: University of Tilburg
Gregor Bös: University of Tilburg
Claudia Cristalli: University of Tilburg
Fons Dewulf: University of Tilburg
Ties Gemert: University of Tilburg
Nina IJdens: University of Tilburg

Scientometrics, 2024, vol. 129, issue 9, No 27, 5768 pages

Abstract: Abstract Standard citation-based bibliometric tools have severe limitations when they are applied to periods in the history of science and the humanities before the advent of now-current citation practices. This paper presents an alternative method involving the extracting and analysis of mentions to map and analyze links between scholars and texts in periods that fall outside the scope of citation-based studies. Focusing on one specific discipline in one particular period and language area—Anglophone philosophy between 1890 and 1979—we describe a procedure to create a mention index by identifying, extracting, and disambiguating mentions in academic publications. Our mention index includes 1,095,765 mention links, extracted from 22,977 articles published in 12 journals. We successfully link 93% of these mentions to specific philosophers, with an estimated precision of 82% to 91%. Moreover, we integrate the mention index into a database named EDHIPHY, which includes data and metadata from multiple sources and enables multidimensional mention analyses. In the final part of the paper, we present four case studies conducted by domain experts, demonstrating the use and the potential of both EDHIPHY and mention analyses more generally.

Keywords: Mention extraction; Mention analysis; History of science; EDHIPHY; History of philosophy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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