The number of scientific journals has become so large that individuals, institutions and
institutional libraries cannot completely store their physical content. In order to prioritize the …

Becoming Metric-Wise: A Bibliometric Guide for Researchers aims to inform researchers
about metrics so that they become aware of the evaluative techniques being applied to their …

Many academic analyses of good practice in the use of bibliometric data address only
technical aspects and fail to account for and appreciate user requirements, expectations …

Everything you need to know about Bibliometrics in a convenient, easy-to-use, mini-
encyclopedia of terms and phrases! Bibliometrics, the application of mathematical and …

In addition to science citation indicators of journals like impact and immediacy, social
network analysis provides a set of centrality measures like degree, betweenness, and …

Many studies on coauthorship networks focus on network topology and network statistical
mechanics. This article takes a different approach by studying micro‐level network …

Abstract The Impact Factor introduced by Eugene Garfield is a fundamental citation-based
measure for significance and performance of scientific journals. It is perhaps the most …

This study explores the similarity among six types of scholarly networks aggregated at the
institution level, including bibliographic coupling networks, citation networks, cocitation …

A cross-citation matrix with journal titles in the rows and the columns is examined. Journal
citation measures are re viewed within the matrix framework. Some limitations of tradi tional …

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