Dr. Cassidy R. Sugimoto is Tom and Marie Patton Professor and School Chair in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research examines the formal and informal ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated, consumed, and supported, with an emphasis on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Sugimoto was a professor of Informatics in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington from 2010-2021 and served as the Program Director for the Science of Science and Innovation Policy program at the National Science Foundation from 2018-2020. She has received the Indiana University Trustees Teaching award (2014), a national service award from the Association for Information Science and Technology (2009), and a Bicentennial Award for service from Indiana University (2020). She holds a bachelor’s in Music Performance, a master’s in Library Science, and a doctoral degree in Information and Library Science all from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Education:
Ph.D., Information and Library Science. School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.S., Library Science. School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.Mus., Music Performance. Music Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards and Distinctions:
Bicentennial Award for service from Indiana University (2020)
Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellow (2014-2015)
Indiana University Trustees Excellence in Teaching Award (April 2014)
James M. Cretsos Leadership Award, ASIS&T (November 2009)
UNC-Chapel Hill Concerto Competition Winner (November 2002)
Interests
Research Fields:
Education Policy
Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
History of Technology/Engineering and Society
S&E Organizations, Education, Careers and Workforce
Theories of informetrics and scholarly communication
Date: 2016
Scientometrics have become an essential element in the practice and evaluation of science and research, including both the evaluation of individuals and national assessment exercises. Yet, researchers and practitioners in this field have lacked clear theories to guide their work. As early as 1981, then doctoral student Blaise Cronin published "The need for a theory of citing" —a call to arms for the fledgling scientometric community to produce foundational theories upon which the work of the field could be based. More than three decades later, the time has come to reach out the field again and ask how they have responded to this call.
This book compiles the foundational theories that guide informetrics and scholarly communication research. It is a much needed compilation by leading scholars in the field that gathers together the theories that guide our understanding of authorship, citing, and impact.
