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Widening Horizons of Informetrics


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Traces the origin development and applications of informetrics in the field of information science. Acceptance of the generic term 'informetrics' to denote various studies applying quantitative methods is suggested. Application of informetric methods is spreading to more areas like measurement of information and retrieval performance assessment. More research in the field of informetrics is to be done with emphasis on the new developments.

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Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Citation Analysis, Impact Factor, Bibliographic Coupling, Co-Citation, Obsolescence, Measurement of Information.
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C. V. Rajan Pillai
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022
India

S. Girija Kumari
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022
India


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Authors

C. V. Rajan Pillai
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022, India
S. Girija Kumari
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin 682022, India

Abstract


Traces the origin development and applications of informetrics in the field of information science. Acceptance of the generic term 'informetrics' to denote various studies applying quantitative methods is suggested. Application of informetric methods is spreading to more areas like measurement of information and retrieval performance assessment. More research in the field of informetrics is to be done with emphasis on the new developments.

Keywords


Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Citation Analysis, Impact Factor, Bibliographic Coupling, Co-Citation, Obsolescence, Measurement of Information.