Bibliometrics
Information and advice on bibliometrics
If you are a researcher at the University and have questions about bibliometric indicators or analyses and would like help understanding what they mean, you can receive support from the Library. Whether you are an individual researcher seeking assistance or would like an introduction or workshop for your research group or department, the Library can help.
- Contact Katharina Nordling with your request for support from the library.
Performing bibliometric analysis
The Library can assist research groups, departments, or faculties in carrying out certain bibliometric analyses. The work is conducted jointly by researchers and librarians from the Library.
- Contact Katharina Nordling for an introductory meeting to discuss the possibilities of bibliometric analysis for your research area.
What is bibliometrics?
Bibliometrics is the use of statistical methods to analyse books, articles, and other publications. Examples of areas that can be studied using bibliometrics are:
- Subject structure and collaboration patterns
- Research impact and visibility
- Scientific output and productivity
Bibliometric methods can be very helpful during the course of the research work, or when it is time for publication of the research results. Here are some examples of areas that can be studied with the help of bibliometrics:
- Get support when choosing a magazine for publishing a manuscript on topic X.
- Find out which journals/researchers are most productive in topic Y.
- Describe how substance Z is structured, and what other subject areas it borders on.
- Describe how researchers collaborate within and across subject boundaries.
- Locate a subject area's most cited journals/authors/publications.
When interpreting the results obtained in a bibliometric analysis it is important that this is done in collaboration with people who are familiar with the subject area studied.