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Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webomertics and Econometrics.
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What is the difference between Informetrics, Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics and Econometrics?
Please give the detailed information or web link on the above mentioned topic.
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Permalink Reply by Baldev Singh on
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Information through lislinks NETUGC.COM
Informetrics: According to Brooker the term “informetrics” was first proposed by Otto Nacke of West Germany in 1979. It focused on information productivity. It interprets information technology and considers interaction of information theory, cybermetrics, decision theory, etc.
Bibliometrics: The formal term “bibliometric” was first used by Alan Pritchard in his article “Statistical bibliography or bibliometric” in 1969 published in the “Journal of Documentation”. “Biblio” means book and “metric” means a scale or measure. Bibliometric means application of statistical studies in library and information science
Pritchard defines bibliometric as “the application of mathematical and statistical methods to books and other media of communication”.The term “Scientometrics” was used to mean the application of quantitative methods to the history of science but it is now generally used as a generic term for a variety of research approaches within the study of science that a quantifiable aspect of science can be utilized to assess the characteristic of science.
Webmetrics: Webmetrics can be defined as using of bibliometric techniques in order to study the relationship of different sites on the World Wide Web. Such techniques may also be used to map out (called "scientific mapping" in traditional bibliometric research) areas of the Web that appear to be most useful or influential, based on the number of times they are hyperlinked to other Web sites.
Econometric is related to economic
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Permalink Reply by Dr. N K Pachauri on
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Thank you Baldev sir
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