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Scientometrics

Scientometrics is a quantitative discipline that studies science through mathematical and statistical methods, analyzing both scientific output and the dynamics of research. Major research issues in scientometrics include the measurement of the impact of research papers and academic journals, the understanding of scientific citations, and the use of such…

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Historical development

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Altmetrics

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Scientometrics

Nodes64
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Triples67
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Historical development · 25
Scientometrics → Accordingly, Derek, Development, Eugene Garfield, Information Process, Institute, Izuchenie, Modern, Mulchenko, Nalimov, Naukometriya, Russian, Science, Science Citation Index, Scientific Information, Solla Price, Soviet, Soviet Union, The, The Study
related to External links · 24
Scientometrics → Against Peer Rankings, American Museum, Cite, CiteSeerX, Energy, Environmental Politics, Ethics, GigaScience, Goodhart's Law, Harnad, Issue, January, June, Mapping Science, Open Access Scientometrics, Over-optimization, S2CID, Science, September, Spaces
related to Journals · 5
Scientometrics → American Society, Information Science, Informetrics, ScientometricsJournal, TechnologyJournal
related to In popular culture · 4
Scientometrics → Michael Frayn's, Professor, Skios, The
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Scientometrics → calque of the Russian term naukometriya, quantitative discipline that studies science through mathematical and statistical methods
related to Criticisms · 1
Scientometrics → Critics

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science research impact scientific citation journals index metrics academic information altmetrics citations methods journal data development factor work analysis number

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Scientometricsis aquantitative discipline that studies science through mathematical and statistical methods0.90text
Scientometricsis acalque of the Russian term naukometriya0.90text
the Academic Ranking of World Universitiesinstance ofRankings0.80text
the Times Higher Education World University Rankingsinstance ofRankings0.80text
fundinginstance ofa scholarly article has a section in which the authors acknowledge entities0.80text
technical staffinstance ofa scholarly article has a section in which the authors acknowledge entities0.80text
colleaguesinstance ofa scholarly article has a section in which the authors acknowledge entities0.80text
etc. that have contributed materials or knowledge or have influenced or inspired their workinstance ofa scholarly article has a section in which the authors acknowledge entities0.80text
Scientometricsrelated to CriticismsCritics0.60section
Scientometricsrelated to External linksHarnad0.60section
Scientometricsrelated to External linksOpen Access Scientometrics0.60section
Scientometricsrelated to External linksUK Research Assessment Exercise0.60section

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