Bibliometrics is the application of mathematical and statistical methods to books articles and other recorded communication to study patterns of publication authorship citations and use.
Uses mathmatical and statistical techniques
Studies publication, authorship, citation and usage patterns
Helps in research evaluation, policy formulation and collection managment.
closely related to Scientometrics Informetrics and Webometrics
Helps in mapping the growth of literature in a fields
useful for research evaluation and impact assessment
Lotka's Law
Author Productivity
Describes the distribution of productivity among others
Bradfords Law
Scattering of articles among journals
Identifies core journals in a subject and their scattering pattern
Zipf;s law
Frequency of words
Studies the frequency distribution of words in a text.
Alan Pritchard Bibliometrics 1969
Earlier term Statistical bibliography used before Bibliometrics
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