Studying scientific publications in the field of Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and Infometrics according to Science Citation Index Database

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Farideh Osareh ¹ , Robab Barayerpour ² , Samaneh Abasian ³

1 - Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
2 - Expert of Documentation, Khuzestan Regional Electric Company,
3 - Librarian at School of Sports Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Received: 2015-06-10 Accepted : 2015-08-06 Published : 2016-08-22

Keywords: Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Infometrics,

Abstract :

Purpose: This study aims to clarify the scope and boundaries between words and topics ‘Bibliometrics’, ‘Scientometrics’, and ‘Infometrics’. Methodology: The method used in this study is content analysis. For this purpose, the records that had in the title at least one of the words Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and Infometrics and were available during the years 1973-2009 were searched using the search strategy:scientometric/ti or scientometrics/ti or informetric/ti or informetrics/ti or bibliometric/ti or bibliometrics/ti.Then, the synonyms, general and unrelated keywords in the list were merged or eliminated. Between of these keywords, keywords that had frequency higher of five, in other words 30% of the high frequency words were selected.Accordingly, in order to content analysis, 36 keywords for Bibliometrics, 19 keywords for domain Scientometrics and the same keywords for Infometrics area were used. Conclusion: Three areas were identified that the emphasis field of Bibliometrics is on Issues and Scientific information and library scope, and two other areas emphasize general information and the total area.

References:

حاجی­زین­العابدینی، م.؛ عصاره، ف. (1386). وب­سنجی: اصول و مبانی. فصلنامه کتاب، (71)، 189-212.

حیدری، غ.ر. (1388). تأملی بر وجوه تمایر و تشابه واژگان و مفاهیم پایه در حوزه‌ی علم­سنجی و اطلاع­سنجی و ارائه‌ی فرضیه‌ی دانش­سنجی. مطالعات کتابداری و علم اطلاعات، 16(2)، 7-112

حمیدی، ع.؛ اصنافی، ا.ر.؛ عصاره، ف. (1387). بررسی تحلیلی و ترسیم ساختار انتشارات علمی تولید شده در حوزه­های کتاب­سنجی، علم­سنجی، اطلاع­سنجی و وب­سنجی در پایگاه Web Of Science طی سال­های 1990-2005. کتابداری و اطلاع­رسانی، 11(42)،  161-182.

ریسمانباف، ا.؛ عصاره، ف. (1386). اطلاع­سنجی: از پیدایش تا امروز. فصلنامه کتاب، (71)،  29-48.

عصاره، ف. (1384). علم­سنجی، ابعاد، روش­ها و کاربردهای آن. مجموعه مقالات همایش­های انجمن کتابداری و اطلاع­رسانی ایران. تهران: سازمان اسناد و کتابخانۀ ملی جمهوری اسلامی ایران، 271-287.

علیجانی، ر.؛ کرمی، ن. (1387). مطالعات سنجش کمی: کتاب‌سنجی، علم­سنجی، اطلاع­سنجی، وب­سنجی. تهران: انتشارات چاپار.

Eom, S. B (2009). An Introduction to Bibliometrics and Informetrics. [on-line] Available: http:// www.igi-pub.com/downloads/ excerpts/9671.pdf

Erar, Aydin (2002). Bibliometrics or Informetrics: Displaying Regularity in Scientific Patterns by Using Statistical Distributions. Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 31, 113-125 [on-line] Available: http://www.mat.hacettepe.edu.tr/hjms/english/ issues/vol31/abstracts/erar.pdf

Glanzel, W & Schuepflin, U (1994). Little Scientometrics, Big Scientometrics … And Beyond?. Scientometrics, 30(2-3), 375-384.

Hood, W. W; Wilson, Concepción S. (2001). The literature of bibliometrics, scientometrics, and informetrics. Scientometrics, 52(2), 291-314.

Rios, D. R. (2000). The bibliometrics: penetration level in the university teaching of library science and its application in the librarian field in the countries of Mercosur. 66th IFLA Council and General Conference (Jerusalem, Israel: 13-18 August 2000). [on-line]. Available: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/162-127e.htm

Rousseau, R. (2009). Informetrics. [on-line]. Available: http://www.lis.ac.cn/netjournal/LIS_NET/2009-06/Informetrics.pdf

Schneider, J. W.; Borland, P. (2004). Introduction to bibliometrics for construction and maintenance of thesauri, methodical considerations. JDOC. 60(5). P: 524-549. [on-line]. Available: http://www2.db.dk/jws/Files/ Schneider_Borlund%20(2004).pdf

Sengupta, I. N (1992). Bibliometrics, Informetrics,

    Scientometrics and Librametrics: an overview. Libri, 42(2),75-98.

Wolfram, D. (2000). Informetrics to Information Retrieval Research. Appli nce Research, 3(2), 77-82. [on-line] Available: http://inform.nu/Articles/Vol3cations of Information Scie /v3n2p77-82.pdf

Wormell, I. (1998). Informetrics: an emerging subdiscipline in information science. Asian Libraries, 7(10), 257- 26. [on-line] Available:http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet/contentType=Article&Filename=/published/emeraldfulltextarticle/pdf/1730071001