方法移植对科学计量学研究的方法论启示

Transplantation of methods in scientometrics: A methodological evaluation

科学计量学是一门发展中的学科,目前学科的发展遇到了缺乏研究方法论层面的创新的瓶颈。本文从方法移植的角度讨论了科学计量学与其他学科的联系,结合科学计量学当中方法移植的案例进行了说明,并且借用隐喻的概念从理论上进行了探讨,最后讨论了方法移植应用于科学计量学研究的可能性和可能出现的问题。

Scientometrics is a developing discipline, which seems to have reached a phase of methodological predicament. This paper discusses the muhidisciplinarity of scientometrics and presents some typical cases about applying methods of other disciplines to scientometrics. It probes into the underlying principle of method-transplantation by using the concept of metaphor and then discusses the feasibility of the transplantation process and problems that may come along.