The test of time: A 21st Century Commentary on Introduction to informetrics

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2023.e17a32

Keywords:

Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Documentation, Library science

Abstract

Informetrics has changed enormously since 1990, when Leo Egghe and Ronald Rousseau first published Introduction to informetrics: Quantitative methods in library, documentation and information science. In this note we revisit this informetrics classic, with an emphasis on analysing the contrasts and continuities found between the first approach to the term proposed by these authors and the reality of this field of research in 2023.

References

De-Bellis, Nicola (2009). Bibliometrics and citation analysis: from the science citation index to cybermetrics. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow press. ISBN: 978 0810867130

Egghe, Leo; Rousseau, Ronald (1990). Introduction to informetrics. Quantitative methods in library, documentation and information science. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. ISBN: 978 0444884930

Ferber, Marianne A (1986). “Citations: Are they an objective measure of scholarly merit?”. Signs, v. 11, n. 2, 381–389.

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Published

2023-10-24

How to Cite

González-Salmón, E. (2023). The test of time: A 21st Century Commentary on Introduction to informetrics. Anuario ThinkEPI, 17. https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2023.e17a32

Issue

Vol. 17 (2023)

Section

Regreso al futuro: conceptos revisitados y relecturas