Abstract

This paper discusses the stages of development of bibliometrics based on data obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection database (WoS CC) for 1975–2019. It is shown that starting from the 2000s the number of publications on bibliometric topics has been growing exponentially and the Hirsch index has also increased significantly. It is found that the most cited publications of 1975–2000 had a general theoretical and methodological focus, while the publications of 2001–2019 were related to the intensive development of Internet technologies and databases that allow working with Big Data. Bibliometrics penetrated almost all scientific areas; it was found that while in 1975–2000 the WoS CC category Information Science & Library Science concentrated 60% of the documents on bibliometrics, while in 2001–2019 this category accounted for only 32% of all documents, and the rest of the publications were distributed over almost all subject categories of the WoS CC. In the last decade, the most popular publications have been those made at the intersection of different sciences with the simultaneous use of advanced computer technologies and bibliometric methods.

中文翻译：

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文献计量学作为一个科学领域的发展

摘要

本文基于从1975-2019年间的Web of Science核心收藏数据库（WoS CC）获得的数据，讨论了文献计量学的发展阶段。研究表明，从2000年代开始，关于文献计量学主题的出版物数量呈指数增长，并且Hirsch指数也显着增加。结果发现，1975-2000年间被引用最多的出版物具有一般的理论和方法论重点，而2001-2019年的出版物则涉及互联网技术和数据库的密集开发，从而可以使用大数据。文献计量学几乎渗透了所有科学领域。发现在1975–2000年间，WoS CC类别信息科学与图书馆科学将60％的文献集中在文献计量学上，而在2001-2019年，该类别仅占所有文献的32％，其余出版物几乎分布在WoS CC的所有主题类别中。在过去的十年中，最受欢迎的出版物是在同时使用先进的计算机技术和文献计量方法的情况下，在不同科学的交汇处做出的。