Blaise Cronin (born 1949) is an Irish-American
information scientist The term information scientist developed in the latter part of the twentieth century by Wm. Hovey Smith to describe an individual, usually with a relevant subject degree (such as one in Information and Computer Science - CIS) or high level of subjec ...
and
bibliometrician
A bibliometrician is a researcher or a specialist in bibliometrics. It is near-synonymous with an informetrican (who studies informetrics), a scientometrican (who study scientometrics) and a webometrician, who study webometrics.
Notable bibliometr ...
. He is the Rudy Professor Emeritus of
Information Science at
Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...
, Bloomington, where he was Dean of the School of Library and Information Science for seventeen years. From 1985 to 1991 he held the Chair of Information Science and was Head of the Department of Information Science at the
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde () is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first techn ...
in Glasgow, U.K.
Biography
Cronin was well known for his work in
bibliometrics
Bibliometrics is the application of statistical methods to the study of bibliographic data, especially in scientific and library and information science contexts, and is closely associated with scientometrics (the analysis of scientific metri ...
and
scientometrics
Scientometrics is a subfield of informetrics that studies quantitative aspects of scholarly literature. Major research issues include the measurement of the impact of research papers and academic journals, the understanding of scientific citati ...
. He also was known for researching and understanding the importance of
acknowledgements in scholarly papers.
Awards and honors
* 2014
Jason Farradane Award
The Jason Farradane Award is made each year by the UK eInformation Group (UKeiG), a specialist group within the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The award is given to an individual or a group of people in recognition ...
* 2013
Derek de Solla Price Memorial Medal The Derek de Solla Price Memorial Award, or Price Medal, was conceived to honor Derek J. de Solla Price for his contributions to information science and for his crucial role in developing the field of scientometrics. The award was launched by Tibor ...
for "outstanding contributions to the fields of quantitative studies of science."
* Honorary Visiting professor, Department of Information Science, City University London, 2007–
* Visiting professor, School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Science, University of Brighton, 2007–2010
*
Award of Merit The Award of Merit, or AM, is a mark of quality awarded to plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The award was instituted in 1888, and given on the recommendation of Plant Committees to plants deemed "of great merit for exhibitio ...
, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006
* Rudy Professor of Information Science, Indiana University, 1999–
* Talis Information Visiting professor of Information Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1996-2003
* Visiting professor, School of Computing, Napier University, Edinburgh, 2000–
* Visiting professor of Information Management, Napier University, Edinburgh, 1999–2000
* Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa), Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, 1997
* Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 1998
* Fellow, Institute of Management, 1989
* Fellow, Institute of Information Scientists, 1988
* Fellow, Library Association, 1984
Publications
Blaise Cronin has published more than 300 documents, including monographs, scientific articles, opinion papers, conference papers. Among his publications are:
*1984: The citation process. The role and significance of citations in scientific communication. London: Taylor Graham,
*1988: Post-professionalism: transforming the information heartland. London: Taylor Graham (with Elizabeth Davenport).
*1991: Elements of information management. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press (with Elizabeth Davenport).
*1995: The scholar's courtesy: The role of acknowledgement in the primary communication process. London: Taylor Graham.
*2000: The web of knowledge: A Festschrift in honor of
Eugene Garfield
Eugene Eli Garfield (September 16, 1925 – February 26, 2017) was an American linguistics, linguist and businessman, one of the founders of bibliometrics and scientometrics. He helped to create ''Current Contents'', ''Science Citation Index'' ( ...
. Medford, NJ: Information Today (with H.B. Atkins, Eds.).
*2005: The Hand of Science: Academic Writing and its Rewards. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
He edited
and
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology
The ''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology'' was relaunched by the Association for Information Science and Technology's Board of Directors in 2021, following a 10-year publishing hiatus. Previously, this annual review journal was p ...
.
References
1949 births
Living people
Information scientists
Bibliometricians
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