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Perspective PaperJournal of Scientometric ResearchVol. 12 | Issue 2 | 2023 | pp. 509–519Open access
Use of Bibliometrics-Related Terms, their Evolution, and the Growth of Metrics in Science
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- 1 Department of Marketing, Innovation, and Organisation, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Gent, BELGIUM.
- 2 University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, Faculty of Social Sciences, Antwerp, BELGIUM.
- 3 KU Leuven, MSI, Facultair Onderzoekscentrum ECOOM, Naamsestraat 61, Leuven, BELGIUM.
Published in Journal of Scientometric Research
Correspondence: Ronald Rousseau
University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, Faculty of Social Sciences, Antwerp, BELGIUM.; KU Leuven, MSI, Facultair Onderzoekscentrum ECOOM, Naamsestraat 61, Leuven, BELGIUM.
Email: ronald.rousseau@uantwerpen.be
Copyright: © 2023 Manuscript Technomedia. This is an open access article.
- Published:
- Sep 4, 2023
- Received:
- May 12, 2023
- Accepted:
- Jul 27, 2023
How to cite
Fassin, Y., & Rousseau, R. (2023). Use of Bibliometrics-Related Terms, their Evolution, and the Growth of Metrics in Science. Journal of Scientometric Research, 12(2), 509–519. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.12.2.048
Abstract
This article analyses the evolution of the most-used terms referring to the (broad) field of bibliometrics. It compares the number of publications on bibliometrics, scientometrics, informetrics, web(o)metrics, altmetrics, and the science of science, in three international databases, the Web of Science, Scopus, and Dimensions. We found that the relative number of documents using one of the metrics-related terms is showing a more than exponential increase. This illustrates the increasing importance of metrics in the world of science. While most terms separately show a clear increase in use, web(o)metrics and perhaps, informetrics, seem to have reached their top. Bibliometrics and scientometrics are the most-used terms, with, nowadays, the term bibliometrics being used about five times more than the term scientometrics. Any comprehensive bibliometric st
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| Title | Use of Bibliometrics-Related Terms, their Evolution, and the Growth of Metrics in Science |
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| Authors | Yves Fassin; Ronald Rousseau |
| Affiliations | Department of Marketing, Innovation, and Organisation, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Gent, BELGIUM.; University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, Faculty of Social Sciences, Antwerp, BELGIUM.; KU Leuven, MSI, Facultair Onderzoekscentrum ECOOM, Naamsestraat 61, Leuven, BELGIUM. |
| Corresponding author | ronald.rousseau@uantwerpen.be |
| Journal | Journal of Scientometric Research |
| Volume / Issue | Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023) |
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