Scholarly Book Reviewing in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Download or read book Scholarly Book Reviewing in the Social Sciences and Humanities written by Ylva Lindholm-Romantschuk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-01-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the flow of information within and among academic disciplines in the social sciences and humanities through analyses of the patterns of scholarly book reviewing. An elite sample of scholarly monographs published by university presses between 1971 and 1990 was used. Beginning with Derek de Solla Price, the measurement of communication within the disciplines of science has been ongoing. In the present book that field of inquiry is summarized and provides a basis for examining the flow of information in the social sciences and humanities.