Handbook bibliometrics / edited by Rafael Ball.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ball, Rafael, editor.

Series:

De Gruyter reference.

De Gruyter reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibliometrics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Bibliometrics.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 530 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Summary:

Bibliometrics and altmetrics are increasingly becoming the focus of interest in the context of research evaluation. The Handbook Bibliometrics provides a comprehensive introduction to quantifying scientific output in addition to a historical derivation, individual indicators, institutions, application perspectives and data bases. Furthermore, application scenarios, training and qualification on bibliometrics and their implications are considered.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

1 History and Institutionalization of Bibliometrics

1.1 A Historical Overview of Bibliometrics

1.2 Institutionalization and Professionalization of Bibliometrics

1.3 Eugene Garfield and the Institute for Scientific Information

1.4 Derek De Solla Price: The Father of Scientometrics

1.5 Coevolution of Field and Institute: The Institutionalization of Bibliometric Research Illustrated by the Emergence and Flourishing of the CWTS

1.6 International Conferences of Bibliometrics

2 Theory, Principles and Methods of Bibliometrics

2.1 Peer Review and Bibliometrics

2.2 Jurisdiction of Bibliometrics

2.3 National Research Evaluation Systems

2.4 The Mathematical Embedding of Bibliometrics

2.5 Bibliometrics in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

2.6 Relationship between Peer Review and Bibliometrics

3 (Classical) Indicators

3.1 Measuring the Impact of Research – from Scholarly Communication to Broader Impact

3.2 From Simple Publication Figures to Complex Indicators: Bibliometrics and the Dilemma of Methodological Correctness, Significance, and Economic Necessity

3.3 The Journal Impact Factor: A Bibliometric Indicator with a Long Past

3.4 The h-index

4 Alternative Metrics (Altmetrics)

4.1 The Future Has Already Begun: Origin, Classification, and Applications of Altmetrics in Scholarly Communication

4.2 History, Development and Conceptual Predecessors of Altmetrics

4.3 Social Media and Altmetrics

4.4 Altmetric.com: A Brief History

4.5 PlumX Metrics (Plum Analytics) in Practice

4.6 PLOS Article-Level Metrics

4.7 Eigenfactor

4.8 Academic Social Networks and Bibliometrics

4.9 ResearchGate and the Academic Social Network Sites: New Environments for New Bibliometrics?

4.10 Mendeley

5 Applications, Practice and Special Issues in Bibliometrics

5.1 An Ecology of Measures and Indicators: Bibliometrics in Resource Allocation

5.2 Benchmarkings and Rankings

5.3 Technological Trend Analysis

5.4 Research Collaboration and Bibliometric Performance

5.5 On the Need for Accessibility, Standardization, Regulation, and Verification in Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto and Beyond

5.6 Gender and Bibliometrics: A Review

5.7 Visualization of Research Metrics

5.8 Regional Distribution of Research: The Spatial Polarization in Question

5.9 Bibliometrics and Co-Authorship

6 The Data Basis in Bibliometrics

6.1 Web of Science, Scopus and Further Citation Databases

6.2 Expanding Dimensions: A New Source in the Bibliometrician’s Toolbox

6.3 The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC): The Construction and Application

6.4 Institutional Repositories and Bibliometrics

7 Teaching and Training

7.1 Institutions for Bibliometric Qualification

7.2 Bibliometrics in the Curriculum

7.3 The Competent Bibliometrician – A Guided Tour through the Scholarly and Practitioner Literature

8 The Future of Bibliometrics

8.1 The Future of Bibliometrics: Where is Bibliometrics Heading?

8.2 Open Science and the Future of Metrics

List of Contributors

Index

ISBN:

9783110642599

311064259X

9783110646610

3110646617

OCLC:

1226678572