Study on Evolution of Five Metrics in China and Its Progress

Subjects: Library Science，Information Science >> Library Science submitted time 2023-08-27 Cooperative journals: 《图书情报工作》

Zhao Rongying Zhang Xinyuan Zhang Yang Wei Mingkun Yu Huiyan

Abstract： [Purpose/significance] Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Informetrics, Webometrics and Knowledgometrics are known as Five Metrics and the important aspect of information science. The analysis of Five Metrics is conducive to the further development of the metric research through literature theme and quantitative analysis. This paper carefully summaries the evolution process and condition of Five Metrics in China in order to provide guidance for further research.[Method/process] This paper designs Six-dimensional framework and conducts research on data from scientific payoffs, scientific research fund, course education, talents and organization, scientific evaluation and software tools. Besides, this paper draws thematic evolution map through Citespace to analyze evolutionary process and development status of each branch of Five Metrics.[Result/conclusion] The conclusions of this paper are:a) Chinese influence in Five Metrics are increasing, and data collection according to six-dimensional framework shows an advancing trend; b) Chinese Five Metrics research are more innovative than before, more attention has been paid to methodology and application, and Chinese database and software have been designed; c) Five Metrics in China shows a characteristic of subject overlapping, including imitation and application of other subjects; d) The objects of Five Metric are gradually enriching; e) The unit of metrics is more fine-grained from bibliography to knowledge.

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