Informetrics

Not to be confused with Informatics or Info-metrics.
Information science
General aspects
Related fields and subfields

Informetrics is the study of quantitative aspects of information,[1] it is an extension and evolution of traditional bibliometrics and scientometrics. Informetrics uses bibliometrics and scientometrics methods to study mainly the problems of literature information management and evaluation of science and technology.[2] Informetrics is an independent discipline that uses quantitative methods from mathematics and statistics to study the process, phenomena, and law of informetrics.[3] Informetrics has gained more attention as it is a common scientific method for academic evaluation, research hotspots in discipline, and trend analysis.

Informetrics includes the production, dissemination, and use of all forms of information, regardless of its form or origin. Informetrics encompasses the following fields:[4][5]

  • Scientometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of science
  • Webometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of the World Wide Web
  • Bibliometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of recorded information
  • The relationship between the metrics terms
    Cybermetrics, which is similar to webometrics, but broadens its definition to include electronic resources
  1. ^ Wolfram, D. (2003). Applied Informetrics for Information Retrieval Research. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 9780313319709.
  2. ^ Qiu, Junping; Zhao, Rongying; Yang, Siluo; Dong, Ke (2017). Informetrics. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-4032-0. ISBN 978-981-10-4031-3.
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  4. ^ Tague-Sutcliffe, Jean (1992). "An Introduction to Informetrics". Information Processing and Management. 28 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1016/0306-4573(92)90087-G.
  5. ^ Wilson, Concepción S. (1999). "Informetrics". Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 34. Medford, NJ: Information Today: 107–247.