
Becoming Metric-Wise
A Bibliometric Guide for Researchers
Description
Key Features
- Provides researchers with a detailed understanding of bibliometric indicators and their applications
- Empowers researchers looking to understand the indicators relevant to their work and careers
- Presents an informed and rounded picture of bibliometrics, including the strengths and shortcomings of particular indicators
- Supplies the mathematics behind bibliometric indicators so they can be properly understood
- Written by authors with longstanding expertise who are considered global leaders in the field of bibliometrics
Readership
Scientists, particularly early-career researchers interested in metric indicators; researchers and graduate students in scientometrics, informetrics, library science, and aligned fields; information professionals and academic librarians
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Scientific research and communication
3. Publishing
4. Statistics
5. Publication and citation analysis
6. Journal citation analysis
7. Indicators
8. Research evaluation
9. The informetric laws
10. Networks
11. Timeline of Informetrics
Product details
- No. of pages: 402
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Chandos Publishing 2018
- Published: January 2, 2018
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081024751
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081024744