Scientometrics: Tools, Techniques and Software for Analysis

V. Jayasree; M. D. Baby

doi:10.51983/ijiss.2019.9.2.611

Authors

V. Jayasree Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
M. D. Baby Professor & Head, School of Library & Information Science, Rajagiri College of Social Science, Kochi, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2019.9.2.611

Keywords:

Scientometrics, Scientometric Analysis, Citation Tracking Tools, Bibliometric Software

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the significance of e-resources on scientometrics study. Tools for scientometric analysis are listed out. Data collected from literature search and website of softwares. Citation tracking tools like Web of science, Scopus and Google Scholar citations, CiteseerX etc., are discussed. Various software tools for bibliometric analysis like Bibexcel, CiteSpace, Histcite, Pajek, Publish or Perish, Scholarometer, VOS viewer-tool for constructing and visualizing bibliometric networks, CitNet explorer – tool for visualizing and analysing citation networks of publications etc are discussed, The study concludes that combination of different software tools can be used for complete scientometric analysis and the familiarization of bibliometric software among students and researchers will help to promote research in scientometrics in a more productive method.

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