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bibliometrics

American  
[bi-blee-uh-me-triks] / ˌbɪ bli əˈmɛ trɪks /

noun

  1. the statistical analysis and measurement of texts, especially scholarly publications and their citations.


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In a recent analysis, Frédérique Bordignon, a researcher in bibliometrics at the School of Bridges ParisTech, found that a large chunk of the thousands of articles returned by OpenAlex for her institution were incorrectly assigned.

From Science Magazine Apr. 15, 2024

It is a research version of publication bibliometrics that focus merely on citation counts, not on quality.

From Nature Jan. 20, 2020

The new study makes use of bibliometrics, or the statistical analysis of publication patterns in data culled from vast numbers of scientific articles, authors, and citations.

From Science Magazine Jan. 7, 2016

“There are no incentives to improve your research performance,” says Giovanni Abramo, who studies bibliometrics and research evaluation at the National Research Council of Italy in Rome.

From Nature Oct. 16, 2013

Covering these is "crucial" to producing accurate metrics in these fields, says Ton van Raan, a bibliometrics expert at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

From Nature Aug. 3, 2011

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