1. This practice is becoming more general. See for exampleM.P. Carpenter, F. Gibb, M. Harris, J. Irvine, B.R. Martin, F. Narin, Bibliometric profiles for British Academic Institutions: An experiment to develop research output indicators,Scientometrics, 14 (1988) 213–233.
2. M. Callon, L. Leydersdorf, La Recherche Française est-elle en bonne santé?,La Recherchè, 181(1987) 412–419.
3. R. Arvanitis, M. Callon, B. Latour, Evaluation des politiques publiques de la recherche et de la technologie,La Documentation Française, Paris, 1986, p. 89.
4. G. Pimentel,Opportunities in Chemistry, National Academic Press, Washington, D.C., P vii+344, 1985.
5. See for exampleD. de Solla Price,Little Science, Big Science, New York, Columbia University Press, 1963;B. Latour, S. Woolgar,Laboratory Life: the Social Construction of Scientific Facts. London and Beverly Hills, Sage, 1979.