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Also known as bibliometry, bibliometric analysis

thumb|upright=1.15|An example of a "cocitation network" commonly used in bibliometrics analysis

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  • Definition
  • History
  • Early experiments (1880–1914)
  • Development of bibliography statistics (1910–1945)
  • Periodical crisis, digitization and citation index (1945–1960)
  • Bibliometric reductionism, metrics, and structuration of a research field (1960–1990)
  • The Web turn (1990–present)
  • Usage
  • Bibliometrics and open science
  • From altmetrics to open metrics
  • Infrastructure for open citation data
  • Bibliometrics without evaluation: the shift to quantitative science studies
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Books & thesis
  • Journal articles
  • Book sections
  • Reports
  • Conferences
  • External links

thumb|upright=1.15|An example of a "cocitation network" commonly used in bibliometrics analysis

Bibliometrics is the application of statistical methods to the study of bibliographic data, especially in scientific and library and information science contexts. It is closely associated with scientometrics (the analysis of scientific metrics and indicators) to the point that both fields largely overlap.

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