Scientometrics is the study of the quantitative aspects of the process of science as a communication
system. It is centrally, but not only, concerned with the analysis of citations in the academic literature.
In recent years it has come to play a major role in the measurement and evaluation of research
performance. In this review we consider: the historical development of scientometrics, sources of
citation data, citation metrics and the “laws" of scientometrics, normalisation, journal impact factors
and other journal metrics, visualising and mapping science, evaluation and policy, and future
developments
Authors: John Mingers; Loet Leydesdorff
Source: European Journal of Operational Research (in press)
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