Handbook Bibliometrics

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Handbook Bibliometrics

Edited by: Rafael Ball

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Bibliometrics and altmetrics are increasingly becoming the focus of interest in the context of research evaluation. The Handbook Bibliometrics provides a comprehensive introduction to quantifying scientific output in addition to a historical derivation, individual indicators, institutions, application perspectives and data bases. Furthermore, application scenarios, training and qualification on bibliometrics and their implications are considered.

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Rafael Ball, ETH-Library Zürich, Switzerland.

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Library and Information Science, Book Studies Libraries and Library Science

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Rafael Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1 History and Institutionalization of Bibliometrics
1.1 A Historical Overview of Bibliometrics Farshid Danesh and Ali Mardani-Nejad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
1.2 Institutionalization and Professionalization of Bibliometrics Niels Taubert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
1.3 Eugene Garfield and the Institute for Scientific Information David A. Pendlebury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
1.4 Derek De Solla Price: The Father of Scientometrics Farshid Danesh and Ali Mardani-Nejad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
1.5 Coevolution of Field and Institute: The Institutionalization of Bibliometric Research Illustrated by the Emergence and Flourishing of the CWTS A. F.J. van Raan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
1.6 International Conferences of Bibliometrics Grischa Fraumann, Rogério Mugnaini and Elías Sanz-Casado Open Access Download PDF	65
2 Theory, Principles and Methods of Bibliometrics
2.1 Peer Review and Bibliometrics Bernhard Mittermaier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
2.2 Jurisdiction of Bibliometrics Arlette Jappe and Thomas Heinze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
2.3 National Research Evaluation Systems Michael Ochsner, Emanuel Kulczycki, Aldis Gedutis and Ginevra Peruginelli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
2.4 The Mathematical Embedding of Bibliometrics Leo Egghe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
2.5 Bibliometrics in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Michael Ochsner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
2.6 Relationship between Peer Review and Bibliometrics Michael Ochsner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
3 (Classical) Indicators
3.1 Measuring the Impact of Research – from Scholarly Communication to Broader Impact Wolfgang Glänzel, Pei-Shan Chi and Koenraad Debackere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	135
3.2 From Simple Publication Figures to Complex Indicators: Bibliometrics and the Dilemma of Methodological Correctness, Significance, and Economic Necessity Dirk Tunger, Heinz Ahn, Marcel Clermont, Johanna Krolak and Andreas Meier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
3.3 The Journal Impact Factor: A Bibliometric Indicator with a Long Past Dirk Tunger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
3.4 The h-index Grischa Fraumann and Rüdiger Mutz Open Access Download PDF	169
4 Alternative Metrics (Altmetrics)
4.1 The Future Has Already Begun: Origin, Classification, and Applications of Altmetrics in Scholarly Communication Dirk Tunger and Andreas Meier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	181
4.2 History, Development and Conceptual Predecessors of Altmetrics Clemens Blümel and Stephan Gauch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
4.3 Social Media and Altmetrics Kaltrina Nuredini, Steffen Lemke and Isabella Peters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	201
4.4 Altmetric.com: A Brief History Ben McLeish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
4.5 PlumX Metrics (Plum Analytics) in Practice Juan Gorraiz and Christian Gumpenberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
4.6 PLOS Article-Level Metrics Steffen Lemke, Kaltrina Nuredini and Isabella Peters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
4.7 Eigenfactor Grischa Fraumann, Jennifer D’Souza and Kim Holmberg Open Access Download PDF	245
4.8 Academic Social Networks and Bibliometrics Clemens Blümel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
4.9 ResearchGate and the Academic Social Network Sites: New Environments for New Bibliometrics? Enrique Orduña-Malea and Emilio Delgado López-Cózar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
4.10 Mendeley Robin Haunschild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	281
5 Applications, Practice and Special Issues in Bibliometrics
5.1 An Ecology of Measures and Indicators: Bibliometrics in Resource Allocation Björn Hammarfelt and Fredrik Å Åström Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
5.2 Benchmarkings and Rankings Ronald Rousseau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299
5.3 Technological Trend Analysis Miloš Jovanović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
5.4 Research Collaboration and Bibliometric Performance Tindaro Cicero and Marco Malgarini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319
5.5 On the Need for Accessibility, Standardization, Regulation, and Verification in Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto and Beyond Dirk Tunger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
5.6 Gender and Bibliometrics: A Review Tahereh Dehdarirad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
5.7 Visualization of Research Metrics Hélène Draux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	365
5.8 Regional Distribution of Research: The Spatial Polarization in Question Marion Maisonobe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	377
5.9 Bibliometrics and Co-Authorship Dorte Drongstrup Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	397
6 The Data Basis in Bibliometrics
6.1 Web of Science, Scopus and Further Citation Databases Ingrid Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409
6.2 Expanding Dimensions: A New Source in the Bibliometrician’s Toolbox Juergen Wastl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	421
6.3 The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC): The Construction and Application Jafar Mehrad and Mohammad Reza Ghane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	431
6.4 Institutional Repositories and Bibliometrics Valeria Aman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	455
7 Teaching and Training
7.1 Institutions for Bibliometric Qualification Simone Fühles-Ubach and Miriam Albers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
7.2 Bibliometrics in the Curriculum Simone Fühles-Ubach, Miriam Albers and Mandy Neumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	475
7.3 The Competent Bibliometrician – A Guided Tour through the Scholarly and Practitioner Literature Sabrina Petersohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	485
8 The Future of Bibliometrics
8.1 The Future of Bibliometrics: Where is Bibliometrics Heading? Rafael Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	499
8.2 Open Science and the Future of Metrics Tamara Heck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	507
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	517
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	527

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eBook published on:

December 7, 2020

eBook ISBN:

9783110646610

Hardcover published on:

December 7, 2020

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110642278

Paperback published on:

December 19, 2022

Paperback ISBN:

9783111089003

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Front matter:

11

Main content:

530

Illustrations:

60

Coloured Illustrations:

40

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110646610

eBook ISBN: 9783110646610

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110642278

Paperback ISBN: 9783111089003

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Bibliometrie; Altmetrics; Scientific Analytics

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Science analysts, Librarians, Information Professionals.

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