informetrics
Sign in to saveInformetrics is the study of quantitative aspects of information, 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.
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- Origin and Development
- Difference Between Informetrics, Bibliometrics and Scientometrics
- Links between the three metrics terms
- Distinctions between the three metrics terms
- Concept and System Structure
- Purpose of Informetrics Research
- The Significance of Informetrics Research
- The Objects of Informetrics Research
- Basic Laws
- Bradford's Law
- Lotka's Law
- Zipf's Law
- Informetrics Education in Library and Information Science (LIS)
- Future Development
- See also
- References
- External links
Informetrics is the study of quantitative aspects of information, 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.
Informetrics is an independent discipline that uses quantitative methods from mathematics and statistics to study the process, phenomena, and law of informetrics. Informetrics has gained more attention as it is a common scientific method for academic evaluation, research hotspots in discipline, and trend analysis.