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An introduction to informetrics
Information Processing & Management, 1992Abstract The scope and significance of the field of informetrics is defined and related to the earlier fields of bibliometrics and scientometrics. The phenomena studied by informetricians are identified. The major contributors to the field in the past are described and current emphases are related to the contributions in this Special Issue.
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Indigenous Studies, 2020
Interest in indigenous knowledge is growing because of its potential to promote and sustain development activities. Inspite of the recognition of the significance of indigenous knowledge there is limited agreement on its definition and conceptualization.
P. Ngulube, O. Onyancha
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Interest in indigenous knowledge is growing because of its potential to promote and sustain development activities. Inspite of the recognition of the significance of indigenous knowledge there is limited agreement on its definition and conceptualization.
P. Ngulube, O. Onyancha
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Informetrics: The development, conditions and perspectives
2017 40th International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2017The paper gives an insight into the development of informetrics from its beginnings. Informetrics is a part of information sciences dedicated to measuring of information phenomenon. Informetrics can be defined as the discipline which studies quantitative aspects of information in any form not only within scientific community but also within any other ...
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Category theory and informetrics: Information production processes
Scientometrics, 1992Egghe's continuous information production processes (in short IPP's) are described using category theory. Therefore, we first review the main ingredients of this mathematical theory, introduced byEilenberg andMac Lane more than four decades ago.
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Bridging the gaps: Conceptual discussions on informetrics
Scientometrics, 1994In this paper we discuss the possible gaps between several subdisciplines in informetrics and between informetrics and other-metrics disciplines such as econometrics, sociometrics and so on. It is argued that in all these disciplines, common models exist which describe the main points of interest.
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Towards impact tenacity of academic institutions: A case study in Informetrics
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Information Processing & Management, 1992
Abstract This study examines how informetric characteristics of information retrieval (IR) system databases can be used to help the systems designer decide what types of file structures would provide the best performance for a given type of information system environment.
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Abstract This study examines how informetric characteristics of information retrieval (IR) system databases can be used to help the systems designer decide what types of file structures would provide the best performance for a given type of information system environment.
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