Introduction to the Field

Tue Apr 3 22:36:10 EDT 2007

There is also a series of excellent review article/chapters published in 
the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST).
These works would provide a quick route into the heart of the literature 
of the field.

For Example:
Narin, F and Moll, J. (1977) Bibliometrics. In ARIST, v,12: 35-58.
White, H. and McCain, KW (1989) Bibliometrics. in ARIST, v.24:119-186.
White, H. and McCain, KW (1997) Visualisation of Literatures. In ARIST, 
v.32:99-168.
Wilson, Concepcion S. (1999) Informetrics. Chapter 3 in ARIST, v.34: 
107-247.
Borgman, C. and Furner, J. (2002) Scholarly Communication and 
Bibliometrics. in ARIST, v.36.

And a very recent chapter in ARIST is:
Nicolaisen, J. (2007) Citation Analysis. In ARIST, v.41.

Mari Davis PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Visiting
Information Management Research Group
School of Systems, Technology and Management
The University of New South Wales
Quadrangle Level 2
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
m.davis at unsw.edu.au
http://birg.web.unsw.edu.au/
Tel: +61 2 9385 7127

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White, H. D., & McCain, K. W. (1989). Bibliometrics. Annual Review of
Information Science and Technology, 24, 119-186.

White, H. D., & McCain, K. W. (1997). Visualization of literatures.
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 32, 99-168.

Borner, K., Chen, C., & Boyack, K. W. (2003). Visualizing knowledge
domains. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 37,
179-255.

Moed, H. F. (2005). Citation analysis in research evaluation. Dordrecht,
The Netherlands: Springer.

Chen, C. (2006). Citespace II: Detecting and visualizing emerging trends
and transient patters in scientific literature. Journal of the American
Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(3), 359-377.

Reid, E., & Chen, H. (2005). Mapping the contemporary terrorism research
domain: researchers, publications, and institutions analysis. In P.
Kantor, et al (Ed.), Intelligence and Security Informatics (Vol.
3495/2005, pp. 322-339). Berlin: Springer.

Hope this helps.

Steve M. 

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I am new to the field of Scientometrics / Bibliometrics / Informetrics,
and would appreciate pointers to introductory reading materials. The
specific project I have in mind - once I have found my bearings - is to
do an overview of an emerging field of study using the techniques of
Scientometrics / Bibliometrics / Informetrics.

Many thanks,

Isaac

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Isaac Mogotsi
Dept of Library and Information Studies
University of Botswana
Private Bag UB703; Block 244K Room 155
Gaborone, BOTSWANA
Tel: (267) 3554112; Fax (267)3183098
Email: Isaac.Mogotsi at gmail.com; mogotsic at mopipi.ub.bw

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