Citation impact indicators nowadays play an important role in research evaluation, and
consequently these indicators have received a lot of attention in the bibliometric and …

The science of science (SOS) is a rapidly developing field which aims to understand,
quantify and predict scientific research and the resulting outcomes. The problem is …

Why devote an ARIST chapter to scholarly communication and bibliometrics, and why now?
Bibliometrics already is a frequently covered ARIST topic, with chapters such as that by …

Bibliometric studies are increasingly being used for research assessment. Bibliometric
indicators are strongly methodology‐dependent but for all of them, various types of data …

The field of digital libraries (DLs) coalesced in 1994: the first digital library conferences were
held that year, awareness of the World Wide Web was accelerating, and the National …

This paper reviews developments in informetrics between 2000 and 2006. At the beginning
of the 21st century we witness considerable growth in webometrics, mapping and …

An increasing demand for bibliometric assessment of individuals has led to a growth of new
bibliometric indicators as well as new variants or combinations of established ones. The aim …

This study examines the relative efficiency of the R&D process across a group of 22
developed and developing countries using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The R&D …

In order to take multiple co-authorship appropriately into account, a straightforward
modification of the Hirsch index was recently proposed. Fractionalised counting of the …

In recent years, several scientometrics and bibliometrics indicators were proposed to
evaluate the scientific impact of individuals, institutions, colleges, universities and research …