Bibliometrics

probability distribution

metric

thumb|upright=1.15|An example of a "cocitation network" commonly used in bibliometrics analysis

Scientometrics is a subfield of informetrics that studies quantitative aspects of scholarly literature. Major research issues in scientometrics include the measurement of the impact of research papers and academic journals, the understanding of scientific citations, and the use of such measurements in policy and management contexts.

pattern that estimates the exponentially diminishing returns of extending a search for references in science journals

thumb|The original logotype from the Altmetrics Manifesto thumb|alt=A ranking of five scholarly papers based on their Altmetric Attention Scores.|OOIR.org shows which scholarly papers are "trending" based on Altmetric Attention Scores. In scholarly and scientific publishing, altmetrics (stands for "alternative metrics") are non-traditional bibliometrics proposed as an alternative or complement to more traditional citation impact metrics, such as impact factor and h-index. The term altmetrics was proposed in 2010, as a generalization of article level metrics, and has its roots in the #altmetric

application of Zipf's law to publications by field

annual global university ranking published by Centrum voor Wetenschap en Technologische Studies, Leiden University

science award

Bibliomining is the use of a combination of data mining, data warehousing, and bibliometrics for the purpose of analyzing library services. The term was created in 2003 by Scott Nicholson, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies, in order to distinguish data mining in a library setting from other types of data mining.

list of "ten principles to guide research evaluation"