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     Handbook of Bibliometric Indicators: Quantitative Tools for Studying and Evaluating Research / R. Todeschini, A. Baccini ; R. Todeschini, A. Baccini. - Singapore : Wiley-VCH, 2016. - 483p. : ill.,tabl. - ISBN 978-3-527-33704-0 :

This book aims to collect bibllometric indicators in an encyclopedic form, trying, hopefully, to cover all indicators proposed in the literature. Knowledge organization provides not only a collection of facts - a store of information - but also a contribution to the growth of knowledge, knowledge organization being itself one way of doing research. This is the true end of an encyclopedic guide: indeed, the organization of knowledge is not separated from its production. The book tries to meet the great interest on bibliometric indicators shared by all the actors of the scientific communities, being used for analysis and description of research activities and for research evaluation. The Handbook of Bibliometric Indicators collects definitions, formulas, algorithms, and short comments about the bibliometric indicators known in the literature, defined at different levels, for researchers, groups of authors, institutions, and countries. All the definitions are organized in alphabetic