Bibliometric studies are increasingly being used for research assessment. Bibliometric
indicators are strongly methodology‐dependent but for all of them, various types of data …

This paper reviews developments in informetrics between 2000 and 2006. At the beginning
of the 21st century we witness considerable growth in webometrics, map** and …

Abstract The Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI, now Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia,
PA) citation databases have been used for decades as a starting point and often as the only …

33 Physics World January 2007 alerting readers to forthcoming works. Citations also
substantiate claims, give credit to related works and provide leads to poorly disseminated …

Aimed at academics, academic managers and administrators, professionals in
scientometrics, information scientists and science policy makers at all levels. This book …

Our objective is the generation of schematic visualizations as interfaces for scientific domain
analysis. We propose a new technique that uses thematic classification (classes and …

Academic institutions, federal agencies, publishers, editors, authors, and librarians
increasingly rely on citation analysis for making hiring, promotion, tenure, funding, and/or …

In the context of increasing demands for social and financial accountability of universities,
the required implementation of transparent faculty evaluation systems constitutes a …

The development of scientometric indicators and methods for evaluative purposes, requires
a multitude of assumptions, conventions, limitations, and caveats. Given this, we cannot …

The use of quantitative performance measures to assess the quality of university research is
being introduced in Australia and the UK. This paper presents the case for maintaining a …