The bibliometric community as reflected by its own methodology

Central Library, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, ¹KIT-Library, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Abstract:

The field of bibliometrics is currently enjoying a growth in popularity. At least, this is the impression we get if we estimate the number of bibliometrics-related publications, conference papers and studies that appear in the form of grey literature. For a more accurate picture, we must examine the bibliometric community more closely. One way of doing this is to carry out a bibliometric analysis.

Keywords: Bibliometric community, Development of the bibliometric community, Network of the bibliometric community, Scientometric community.