%0 Generic %1 leydesdorff2015replicability %A Leydesdorff, Loet %A Wagner, Caroline %A Bornmann, Lutz %D 2015 %K bibliometrie datenquellen problem %T Replicability and the public/private divide %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08798 %X In a recent letter, Carlos Vilchez-Roman criticizes Bornmann et al. (2015) for using data which cannot be reproduced without access to an in-house version of the Web-of-Science (WoS) at the Max Planck Digital Libraries (MPDL, Munich). We agree with the norm of replicability and therefore returned to our data. Is the problem only a practical one of automation or does the in-house processing add analytical value to the data? Is the newly emerging situation in any sense different from a further professionalization of the field? In our opinion, a political economy of science indicators has in the meantime emerged with a competitive dynamic that affects the intellectual organization of the field.

@misc{leydesdorff2015replicability, abstract = {In a recent letter, Carlos Vilchez-Roman criticizes Bornmann et al. (2015) for using data which cannot be reproduced without access to an in-house version of the Web-of-Science (WoS) at the Max Planck Digital Libraries (MPDL, Munich). We agree with the norm of replicability and therefore returned to our data. Is the problem only a practical one of automation or does the in-house processing add analytical value to the data? Is the newly emerging situation in any sense different from a further professionalization of the field? In our opinion, a political economy of science indicators has in the meantime emerged with a competitive dynamic that affects the intellectual organization of the field.}, added-at = {2015-10-08T14:53:19.000+0200}, author = {Leydesdorff, Loet and Wagner, Caroline and Bornmann, Lutz}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25427ae512d686228f8aff037414da1c2/wdees}, description = {[1509.08798] Replicability and the public/private divide}, interhash = {934f91ee8b1250276dfb4718d7a3560a}, intrahash = {5427ae512d686228f8aff037414da1c2}, keywords = {bibliometrie datenquellen problem}, timestamp = {2015-10-08T14:53:19.000+0200}, title = {Replicability and the public/private divide}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.08798}, year = 2015 }