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The need for standards in bibliometric research and technology

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The need for standardisation in bibliometric research and technology is discussed in the context of failing communication within the scientific community, the unsatisfactory impact of bibliometric research outside the community and the observed incompatibility of bibliometric indicators produced by different institutes. The development of bibliometric standards is necessary to improve the reliability of bibliometric results, to guarantee the validity of bibliometric methods and to make bibliometric data compatible. Both conceptual and technical questions are raised. Consequences of lacking standards are illustrated by typical examples. Finally, particular topics of standardisation are proposed based on experiences made at ISSRU.

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  1. Information Science and Scientometrics Research Unit (ISSRU), Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 7, H-1361, Budapest, (Hungary)

    W. Glänzel

  2. Research Association for Science Communication and Information e.V. (RASCI), Bruno-Apitz-Str. 1, D-13125, Berlin, (Germany)

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Glänzel, W. The need for standards in bibliometric research and technology. Scientometrics 35, 167–176 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02018475

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