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
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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.
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