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Bibliometrics

"Bibliometrics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The use of statistical methods in the analysis of a body of literature to reveal the historical development of subject fields and patterns of authorship, publication, and use. Formerly called statistical bibliography. (from The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bibliometrics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bibliometrics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 34 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2020
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