Bibliometrics

How it is used

Used to study scholarly output; counts need contextual interpretation.

Example sentences

1. We used bibliometrics to map collaboration between universities over twenty years.

   Publication records reveal patterns of joint authorship.

2. The panel warned against using bibliometrics as the sole measure of research quality.

   Numerical indicators cannot capture every aspect of quality.

Common collocations

• use bibliometrics
• bibliometrics research

Related terms

• citationA reference to a source in a piece of writing; also each time another publication refers to a work, counted as a measure of its influence.
• impact factorA yearly measure of how often articles in a journal are cited on average, based on citations in one year to items published in the two previous years.

More terms: Peer Review and Publishing

• peer review
• journal
• manuscript
• submit
• reviewer
• revise and resubmit
• desk rejection
• open access
• corresponding author
• publish or perish
• editor
• co-author