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bibliometrics

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[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

Ludo Waltman, a bibliometrics researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands, told Nature that after seeing the study, he successfully reproduced the analysis using a different database.

From Nature • Sep. 12, 2019

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

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