Informetrics

Informetrics is the study of quantitative aspects of information, it is an extension and evolution of traditional bibliometrics and scientometrics. Informetrics uses bibliometrics and scientometrics methods to study mainly the problems of literature information management and evaluation of science and technology. Informetrics is an independent discipline that uses quantitative methods from mathematics and statistics to study the process, phenomena, and law of informetrics. Informetrics has gained more attention as it is a common scientific method for academic evaluation, research hotspots in discipline, and trend analysis.

Informetrics includes the production, dissemination, and use of all forms of information, regardless of its form or origin. Informetrics encompasses the following fields:

• Scientometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of science
• Webometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of the World Wide Web
• Bibliometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of recorded information
• Cybermetrics, which is similar to webometrics, but broadens its definition to include electronic resources