Ball, Rafael

An introduction to bibliometrics: New development and trends - Cambridge: Chandos Publishing, 2018. - vi, 83p., ref., glos., 23 cm X 15 cm - Chandos information professional series .

Recommended by: Chintan Pandya

Content:

Ch. 1 Preface
References
ch. 2 Introduction and History
References
ch. 3 Bibliometric Methods: Basic Principles and Indicators
3.1.The Number of Scientific Publications: Output Analysis
3.2.The Perception of Academic Publications: Resonance Analysis
3.3.The Leader Boards: Rankings and Benchmarking Based on Bibliometrics
3.4.Bibliometrics as a Trend Scout: Trend Analyses and Forecasts
3.5.New and Alternative Bibliometric Methods: Altmetrics
3.6.From Causality to Correlation: Big Data in Bibliometrics
References
ch. 4 Bibliometrics in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Special Forms and Methods
4.1.Introduction
4.2.Publication and Citation Cultures in the Humanities and Social Sciences
4.3.Forms of Academic Output in Selected Disciplines
References
ch. 5 The Data Basis
5.1.Web of Science and Science Citation Index by Thomson Reuters (Now Onex and Baring Asia)
5.2.Scopus by Elsevier
5.3.Google Scholar
References
ch. 6 Summary and Outlook
References

978-0081021507

--bibliometrics--information science--statistical methods

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