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Bibliometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics and Librametrics: An Overview

I. N. Sengupta

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Bibliometrics, informetrics, scientometrics and librametrics are four measuring techniques in libary and information science. These are analogous, or rather synonymous, terms with intermingled aims and objectives and as such they need some elucidation. This paper discusses their scope, application, development and potential in solving various problems pertaining to library and inforamtion sciences

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Key concepts: Informetrics, Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Scope (computer science), Information science, Computer science, Library science, Data science