It seems that learning scientometrics deals with evaluating science by developed science indicators. These indicators are working tools in several databases such as the World of Science databases, Scopus, Scimago, Publish or Perish, etc.
Scientometrics deals with the study of measuring and analysing science, technology and innovation through qualitative, quantitative and computational approaches. It is a science of all applications of mathematical and statistical methods which are often developed to measure and evaluate the scientific contributions (publication, patents, etc.) by a researcher and/or institution. It includes the measurement of impact of journals and institutes, understanding of scientific citations, mapping scientific fields and production of indicators for use in policy and management contexts.
Learning scientometrics involves principles and practices from numerous disciplines to investigate how learner interactions in digital environments can provide actionable data and information which can help in impact assessment of scientific contributions, policy making and resource allocation.
Scientometrics is concerned with the quantitative features and characteristics of science and scientific research. Emphasis is placed on investigations in which the development and mechanism of science are studied by statistical mathematical methods (from website of a journal: http://link.springer.com/journal/11192)
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Scientometric is nothing but a analysising science,technology & Innovation both multivariate qualitative & quantitative analysis of science. In the sense mathematical, statistical measurement of science with multivariate norm, such as Psycho-metrics, senso metrics, echometrics, chemo metrics. It also indirectly shows citation growth index of various authenticated journal .
Is the study of measuring and analyzing science, technology and innovation, Quantitative study of science and technology, It means a science of all applications of mathematical and statistical methods which are often developed to measure and evaluate the scientific publications.
1. Is the study of measuring and analysing science, technology and innovation. Learn more in: A Scientometric Analysis of AIAA Journals 2. Quantitative study of science and technology. Learn more in: Mapping Forensic Odontology Literature Using Open Source Bibliographies and Software: A Case Study 3. The study of measuring and analysing science research. In practice, scientometrics is often done using bibliometrics which is a measurement of the impact of (scientific) publications. Modern scientometrics is mostly based on the work of Derek J. de Solla Price and Eugene Garfield. The latter founded the Institute for Scientific Information which is heavily used for scientometric analysis. Methods of research include qualitative, quantitative and computational approaches (“Scientometrics”, 2013). Learn more in: Citation Based Indicators in Evaluation of Quality and Performance of Research and Researchers 4. It means a science of all applications of mathematical and statistical methods which are often developed to measure and evaluate the scientific publications. Learn more in: From Chinese Philosophy to Knowledge Discovery in Databases A Case Study: Scientometric Analysis
Learning I guess starts with looking at analyzing and refining. The outcomes are again the attitude and endurance to look at the problem starting with formulation till realization.
At every stage one way of feedback are "Publications" , again not a mockery but for genuine peer reviews.
'Metrics' is measuring and analyzing 'Science' is technology and innovation.
'Research include the measurement of impact, reference sets of articles to investigate the impact of journals and institutes, understanding of scientific citations, mapping scientific fields and the production of indicators for use in policy and management contexts. In practice there is a significant overlap between scientometrics and other scientific fields such as bibliometrics, information systems, information science and science of science policy'
With the progressive rise in scholarly contributions in the field of research, scientometrics has provided a workable tool to investigate scalability and impact of scientific contribution, derive conclusions from various studies and to extend the generated knowledge and practical applications for enhance learning, teaching and furtherance of research as well.
Scientometrics helps to evaluate contributions of individuals, institutes and journals and its impact on a subject. It also shows the growth of information in a field.
Scientometrics - discipline that studies the evolution of science through numerous measurement and statistical processing of scientific information (the number of scientific articles published in a given period of time, citation, etc...).
Scientometrics is used as the absolute basis of evaluation of the implementation and funding of various research units (institutes, teams, individuals).
The term "scientometrics" was first introduced by VV Nalimov in the monograph "Scientometrics: The study of science as a process of information" (1969), published in conjunction with the Z.M.Mulchenko.
There is a view that science, as one of the most intellectually demanding and complex of human activities, can not simply be measured by the universal "scientometric" formula. However, certain sub-task measurement of quantitative characteristics of scientific information in the particular scientific fields addressed in varying degrees. Currently in the world, and in recent years, and in Russia, scientometric data (primarily citation indexes and Hirsch) are widely used for various kinds of reporting scientific institutions and individual scientists. Quality scientometric assessments often criticized, especially when they are used in the humanities. For better research units of productivity or quality assessment procedures use different expert assessments, of which review is the most common. However, expert opinions, as they are potentially higher as compared to scientometrics estimates are of great subjectivity.
Scientometrics, along with bibliometrics and vebometrikoy, is an integral part infometrii.
Scientometrics over countries. How to compare countries by means of research performances. Here is fine approach: SCIVAL!
Constantly evolving and ever more challenging, today’s R&D landscape requires research managers to ensure satisfying outcomes, and devise better ways to measure the quality and impact of research projects. To meet these challenges, SciVal offers an integrated modular platform that allows you to view and compare any desired research entities such as institutions, countries, self-defined research topics and researcher groups...
I think that Scientometrics is Statistics applied to measure or estimate the value of published science, but the assumptions of such studies are so distant of reality that such science could be more an instrument of particular interests.
I think that any metrics related to human activities is difficult and sometimes have insufficient accuracy. But I hope best luck to find such criteria.