Table 1
Key definitions of bibliometric concepts
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Term |
Definition |
|---|---|
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Bibliometrics |
The analysis of published information (e.g., books, journal articles, datasets, blogs) and its related metadata (e.g., abstracts, keywords, citations) using statistics to describe or show relationships between published work [1] |
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Evaluative bibliometrics |
An approach to bibliometrics that aids in the evaluation of units of analysis [3] |
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Relational bibliometrics |
An approach to bibliometrics that provides insights into the relationships between units of analysis [3] |
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Metadata |
General definition: Data about data. More specific definition: The “internal and external documentation and other data necessary for the identification, representation, interoperability, technical management, performance and use of data contained in an information system” [4] |
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Impact factor |
Used to describe both journals or authors, an impact factor is a representation of the number of citations as a comparison to the number of publications [5] |
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h-Index |
The h-index is defined as h number of papers with at least h number of citations. For example, a researcher scientist with an h-index of 15 has published 15 papers which have received at least 15 citations each [6] |