INFORMETRICS 87/88 select proceedings of the first international Conference on bibliometrics the theoretical aspects of information retrieval diepenbeek, Belgium, 25-28 August 1987

• Corporate Author: International Conference on Bibliometrics and Theoretical aspects of Information Retrieval
• Other Authors: Egghe, Leo, Rousseau, Ronald
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Science 1988
• Subjects: Library statistics > Congresses > Congresses; Information science > Congresses > Statistical methods; Bibliometrics > Congresses > Congresses
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• Physical Description: 329 pages illustrations 24 cm
• ISBN: 0444704256

Ontario (Canada). The latter is to take place in 1989, but thoughts are already given to the organization of a third one in 1991. The name of the 1989 conference is still a moot point since it has been apparent from discussions at the present conference that there might be some evidence in favor of the term "informetrics" rather than (or beside) the terms "bibliometrics" and "scientometrics". It is praiseworthy that such questions could also occur during conferences. In promoting a new name, it is a classical technique to use the new name together with the old one. It is for this reason that the editors, in agreement with the publisher decided to use the name "informetrics" in the title of these proceedings, together with the conference. name "bibliometrics" in the title of the Finally we hope that the conference at issue has been of some help in speeding up the process in which bibliometrics is becoming a scientific discipline where researchers interact through all formal and informal channels of communications, including meetings, symposia and international conferences.