"Bibliometrics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The use of statistical methods in the analysis of a body of literature to reveal the historical development of subject fields and patterns of authorship, publication, and use. Formerly called statistical bibliography. (from The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
| Descriptor ID |
D015706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.178.682.099.325 L01.453.183.291
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| Concept/Terms |
Bibliometrics- Bibliometrics
- Bibliometric Analysis
- Bibliographies, Statistical
- Statistical Bibliography
- Bibliography, Statistical
- Analysis, Bibliometric
- Analyses, Bibliometric
- Bibliometric Analyses
- Statistical Bibliographies
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Bibliometrics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Bibliometrics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bibliometrics" by people in Profiles.
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Mapping the evolution of pediatric craniopharyngioma research: a bibliometric analysis. Childs Nerv Syst. 2025 Nov 29; 41(1):389.
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Authorship Trends and Gender Concordance in Surgical Research. J Surg Res. 2025 Aug; 312:148-154.
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Trends in the corpus of literature on endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a bibliometric analysis spanning 3 decades. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Oct 01; 34(4):334-346.
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Where do we intervene to optimize sports systems? Leverage Points the way. J Sports Sci. 2024 Apr; 42(7):566-573.
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A Complement to the H-Index: A Metric Based on Primary Authorship. Am J Med. 2023 12; 136(12):1139-1140.
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Trends in Twitter Utilization Among Academic Otolaryngologists. Laryngoscope. 2024 03; 134(3):1190-1196.
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Do Articles Shared by Academic Medicine Social Media Influencers Drive Future Citation Rates? Urology. 2023 08; 178:167-172.
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Altmetric Attention Scores in Ophthalmology Journals. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 10 01; 140(10):1028.
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Language and Geographic Representation of Neurosurgical Journals: A Meta-Science Study. World Neurosurg. 2022 10; 166:171-183.
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Impact of Level of Evidence on Citation of Orthopaedic Articles. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Dec 01; 29(23):e1274-e1281.