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Bibiometrics defined

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There are many definitions of the term Bibliometrics, for example:

“the branch of library science concerned with the application of mathematical and statistical analysis to bibliography; the statistical analysis of books, articles, or other publications.” (Oxford English Dictionary Online)

“the statistical analysis of bibliographic data, mainly in the scientific and technical literatures. It measures the amount of scientific activity in a subject category, journal, country or other area of interest”. (Henry Small, Thomson Reuters)

When we talk about Bibliometrics we refer to the quantitative measures used to assess research output, like publication and citation data analysis.

Citations are generally considered to be a useful indication of a paper’s impact and value to the wider scientific research community. 

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