Everything about Scientometrics

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: ScientometricsA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Exploring machine learning: a scientometrics approach using bibliometrix and VOSviewerInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Scientometrics for the Humanities and Social SciencesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The Literature of Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and InformetricsCited 841 times
5. Go sideways: Author-level metricsA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: BibliometricsA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The Literature of Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and Informetrics

  William W. Hood, Concepción S. Wilson · 2001 · Scientometrics · 841 citations

• A review of theory and practice in scientometrics

  John Mingers, Loet Leydesdorff · 2015 · European Journal of Operational Research · 822 citations

• From the science of science to Scientometrics visualizing the history of science with HistCite software

  Eugene Garfield · 2009 · Journal of Informetrics · 339 citations

• Scientometrics in a changing research landscape

  Lutz Bornmann, Loet Leydesdorff · 2014 · The EMBO Reports · 304 citations

• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in Structural Engineering: A Scientometrics Review of Trends and Best Practices

  Arash Teymori Gharah Tapeh, M. Z. Naser · 2022 · Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering · 287 citations

• Spatial scientometrics: Towards a cumulative research program

  Koen Frenken, Sjoerd Hardeman, Jarno Hoekman · 2009 · Journal of Informetrics · 246 citations

• Heavy metal loss from agricultural watershed to aquatic system: A scientometrics review

  Wei Ouyang, Yidi Wang, Chunye Lin · 2018 · Science of The Total Environment · 241 citations

• Scientometrics 2.0: New metrics of scholarly impact on the social Web

  Jason Priem, Bradely H. Hemminger · 2010 · First Monday · 201 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Exploring machine learning: a scientometrics approach using bibliometrix and VOSviewer

  David Opeoluwa Oyewola, Emmanuel Gbenga Dada · 2022 · SN Applied Sciences · 137 citations

• Unveiling the dynamics of AI applications: A review of reviews using scientometrics and BERTopic modeling

  Raghu Raman, Debidutta Pattnaik, Laurie Hughes · 2024 · Journal of Innovation & Knowledge · 130 citations

• What do we know about the disruption index in scientometrics? An overview of the literature

  Christian Leibel, Lutz Bornmann · 2023 · Scientometrics · 77 citations

• The Precipitative Effects of Pandemic on Open Innovation of SMEs: A Scientometrics and Systematic Review of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0

  Meena Madhavan, Sutee Wangtueai, Mohammed Ali Sharafuddin · 2022 · Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity · 68 citations

• Image Processing Techniques for Concrete Crack Detection: A Scientometrics Literature Review

  Md. Al-Masrur Khan, Seong-Hoon Kee, Al-Sakib Khan Pathan · 2023 · Remote Sensing · 67 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Scientometrics for the Humanities and Social SciencesR. Sooryamoorthy · 2020
• 📕Literature of Analytical ChemistryTibor Braun, Ernő Bujdosó · 2019
• Scholarly Content and Its Evolution by Scientometric IndicatorsZahid Ashraf Wani · 2018
• 📕Research AnalyticsFrancisco J. Cantu-Ortiz · 2017
• The Evaluation Of Research By Scientometric IndicatorsPeter Vinkler · 2010
• 📕Lectures on informetrics and scientometricsL. Egghe · 2000
• 📕Scientometric IndicatorsT. Braun, W. Glanzel · 1985
• 📕Cartography of scienceRobert J. W. Tijssen · 1992

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🔗 Related topics

• Author-level metrics Author-level metrics are citation metrics that measure the bibliometric impact of individual authors, researchers, academics, and scholars. Many metrics…
• Bibliometrics Bibliometrics is the application of statistical methods to the study of bibliographic data, especially in scientific and library and information science…
• Article-level metrics Article-level metrics are citation metrics which measure the usage and impact of individual scholarly articles. The most common article-level citation…
• Citation analysis Citation analysis is the examination of the frequency, patterns, and graphs of citations in documents. It uses the directed graph of citations – links…
• Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics The Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics (also known as the Leiden Manifesto) is a 22 April 2015 published comment in Nature that includes a list of "ten…
• Journal ranking Journal ranking is widely used in academic circles in the evaluation of an academic journal's impact and quality. Journal rankings are intended to reflect…
• Altmetrics In scholarly and scientific publishing, altmetrics (stands for "alternative metrics") are non-traditional bibliometrics proposed as an alternative or complement…
• Bibliometrician A bibliometrician is a researcher or a specialist in bibliometrics. It is near-synonymous with an informetrician (who studies informetrics), a scientometrician…