历史计量方法在西方大学史研究中的应用——基于《大学史》杂志的分析

The Application of Cliometrics Method in Research on the History of Universities ——Based on the Analysis of History of Universities

对《大学史》杂志1981-2005年间所刊论文的统计分析发现,历史计量方法在西方大学史研究中的应用比较普遍,主要涉及大学与社会流动、大学的经济和财政、大学与政治宗教势力、大学中知识和思想的发展等研究领域。历史计量方法的使用对大学史研究具有拓展、勘误等功能,使用中需格外注意历史计量方法的使用阈限。

Through the statistical analysis of the articles published in History of Univer- sities from 1981 to 2005, the paper shows that the application of cliometrics method in the research on the history of western universities is very common; and the articles were mainly involved in such four fields as the university and the social mobility, the economy and finance of university, the university and the political and religious power, and the development of knowledge and ideas in university. The application of cliometrics method has the function to expand and revise the research on the history of western universities, but the threshold of the application must be concerned especially.