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标题：The Decade of Metrics?: Examining the Evolution of Metrics Within and Outside LIS
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作者：Vincent Larivière
期刊名称：Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
印刷版ISSN：1931-6550
出版年度：2012
卷号：38
期号：6
出版社：American Society for Information Science and Technology
摘要：Since its start in the mid-19th century, the measurement of document attributes and interrelationships has evolved into the formal field of bibliometrics, becoming solidly established in information science and reaching into other domains. Bibliometric methods have been used to shed light on organizational structure of library and information science (LIS), the reach and influence of LIS research and on interdisciplinarity and the emergence of new fields of study. Data from citation indexes from 1900 through 2011 show the rise of metrics, with the decade starting in 2010 likely to be the most productive and influential. The most cited researchers in information science in 2010 and 2011 focus on metrics, and the use of the term bibliometri* has surged since 2000. The study of metrics in medicine is increasing rapidly, though less so in the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences. Among LIS subtopics, metrics appears to have the strongest influence outside the field.
关键词：bibliometrics;information science history;research methods;cross disciplinary fertilization;interdisciplinarity;emerging disciplines;trends;diffusion of innovation