bibliometrian
Bibliometrian is a neologism occasionally used to describe a person who studies bibliometrics or applies bibliometric methods to analyze literature. It is not widely adopted in scholarly use; more common labels include bibliometrician or scientometrician. The term may emphasize the practitioner’s identity as part of a field focused on quantitative analysis of written works, publications, and citations.
A bibliometrian typically collects bibliographic data from scholarly databases and conducts analyses such as citation analysis,
Applications include research evaluation, science policy, information science, library and information science, and the study of
Etymology reflects standard affixes: bibli- (books) and -metric (measurement), forming a demonym with -ian. Due to
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