Informetrics
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2024
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Howard, K.
Panagoda, C.R.
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Baker, D.
Ellis, L.
Ellis, L.
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Source details - Title: Encyclopedia of Libraries, Librarianship, and Information Science, 2024 / Baker, D., Ellis, L. (ed./s), vol.2, pp.259-266
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Informetrics is the study of the quantitative aspects of information in any form. Although it traces its inception back to bibliometrics, the domain of Informetrics is multi-faceted, and includes scientometrics, bibliometrics, webometrics, and more recently, altmetrics. Informetrics uses quantitative analysis methods such as mathematical and statistical techniques to glean useful information from data. Informetrics has applications in Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Resource Allocation, and Patent Analysis. As with most forms of metrics, informetrics has its critics and shortcomings and include oversimplification of the metrics, data quality and availability, and the ability to ‘game’ and manipulate data outputs.
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