Applied Evaluative Informetrics

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the multi-dimensional field of evaluation of research performance, written by an expert with 30 years of experience in teaching, research and organizing conferences in the field. This field has grown considerably since Francis Narin wrote his pioneering report ‘Evaluative bibliometrics: the use of publication and citation analysis in the evaluation of scientific activity’ in 1976 when the company he founded, Computer Horizons Inc., was engaged in gathering and analysing publication and citation data from the Science Citation Index (SCI) for inclusion in the US National Science Foundation’s biennial publication Science Indicators. This book is a continuation of Narin’s report and the author’s own earlier book Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation(2005). It deals with the application of informetrics in research assessment with special attention to its evaluative dimension. The book is intended for a broad audience – all those subjected to research assessment, Master’s and doctoral students, research managers, science policy makers and funders, and practitioners and students of informetrics.