The Literature of Bibliometrics,Scientometrics, and Informetrics |
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Authors: | Hood William W Wilson Concepción S |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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Abstract: | Since Vassily V. Nalimov coined the term ‘scientometrics’ in the 1960s, this term has grown in popularity and is used to describe
the study of science: growth, structure, interrelationships and productivity. Scientometrics is related to and has overlapping
interests with bibliometrics and informetrics. The terms bibliometrics, scientometrics, and informetrics refer to component
fields related to the study of the dynamics of disciplines as reflected in the production of their literature. Areas of study
range from charting changes in the output of a scholarly field through time and across countries, to the library collection
problem of maintaining control of the output, and to the low publication productivity of most researchers. These terms are
used to describe similar and overlapping methodologies. The origins and historical survey of the development of each of these
terms are presented. Profiles of the usage of each of these terms over time are presented, using an appropriate subject category
of databases on the DIALOG information service. Various definitions of each of the terms are provided from an examination
of the literature. The size of the overall literature of these fields is determined and the growth and stabilisation of both
the dissertation and non-dissertation literature are shown. A listing of the top journals in the three fields are given, as
well as a list of the major reviews and bibliographies that have been published over the years.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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