Scholarly content and its evolution by scientometric indicators : emerging research and opportunities /

• Main Authors: Wani, Zahid Ashraf, 1977- (Author), Zainab, Tazeem, 1989- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2019]
• Subjects: Research > Evaluation.; Bibliometrics.; Scientific literature > Evaluation.; Academic writing.; Science indicators.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book explores why and how scientometrics have developed, a snapshot of what they look like today, and a glimpse of future metrics. It also provides practical and realistic quantitative methods for evaluating scientific publication activities of individuals, teams, countries and journals&q...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction to research evaluation
• Chapter 2. From bibliometrics to scientometrics
• Chapter 3. Evolution of literature on scientometric indicators
• Chapter 4. Scientometric indicators: features and categorization
• Chapter 5. H-index and its variants: a critical analysis
• Chapter 6. Scientometric indicators and assumptions
• Chapter 7. Beyond scientometrics.