Metrics and mechanisms: Measuring the unmeasurable in the science of science

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Highlights：

• We introduce, compare, and discuss recently proposed contextualized and theory-derived science metrics.

• We demonstrate how emerging metrics complement existing ones in accessing the performance of scientists and teams, expose hidden structures and mechanisms of science, and provide additional theoretical insights illuminating the foundations of the science of science.

• We group metrics and theories by three fundamental properties of science: hot and cold science, soft and hard science, fast and slow science to remind us that understanding and modeling the mechanisms of science condition effective development and application of metrics.

摘要

•We introduce, compare, and discuss recently proposed contextualized and theory-derived science metrics.•We demonstrate how emerging metrics complement existing ones in accessing the performance of scientists and teams, expose hidden structures and mechanisms of science, and provide additional theoretical insights illuminating the foundations of the science of science.•We group metrics and theories by three fundamental properties of science: hot and cold science, soft and hard science, fast and slow science to remind us that understanding and modeling the mechanisms of science condition effective development and application of metrics.

论文关键词：Science of science,Measure,Citation,Novelty 2021 MSC: 68U35,91D30,68T50

论文评审过程：Received 7 April 2021, Revised 23 March 2022, Accepted 6 April 2022, Available online 2 May 2022, Version of Record 2 May 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101290