INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOMETRICS : new development and trends.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Rafael.

Series:

Chandos information professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibliometrics.

Information science--Statistical methods.

Information science.

Physical Description:

vi, 83 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

OXFORD : CHANDOS PUBLISHING, 2017.

Summary:

An Introduction to Bibliometrics: New Development and Trends provides a comprehensible, readable and easy to read introduction to bibliometrics. Importantly, the book surveys the latest developments of bibliometrics (such as altmetrics, etc.) and how the field is likely to change over the next decade. In the literature, bibliometrics is generally discussed from one of two perspectives: (1) Purely mathematical/statistical or (2) Its sociological implications. Both approaches are very far from how most users want to apply bibliometrics. This book fills that need by providing tactics on how bibliometrics can be applied to their sphere of scientific activity.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Preface 1

References 6

Chapter 2 Introduction and History 7

References 13

Chapter 3 Bibliometric Methods: Basic Principles and Indicators 15

3.1 The Number of Scientific Publications: Output Analysis 18

3.2 The preparation of Academic Publications: Resonance Analysis 22

3.3 The Leader Boards: Ranking and Benchmarking based on Bibliometrics 36

3.4 VBibliometrics as a Trend Scout: Trend Analyses and Forecasts 41

3.5 New and Alternative Bibliometric methods: Altmetrics 42

3.6 From Causality to Correlation: Big Data in Bibliometrics 49

References 53

Chapter 4 Bibliometrics in the Humanities and social Sciences: Special Forms and Methods 57

4.1 Introduction 57

4.2 Publication and Citation Cultures in the Humanities and social Sciences 58

4.3 Forms of Academic Output in Select Disciplines 63

References 65

Chapter 5 The data Basis 67

5.1 Web of Science and Science Citation Index by Thomson Reuters (Now Onex and Baring Asia) 68

5.2 Scoups by Elsevier 72

5.3 Google Scholar 74

References 75

Chapter 6 Summary and Outlook 77

References 80.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

008102150X

9780081021507

OCLC:

981977176

Publisher Number:

99974362183