FPF:UIKSK49 Bibliometrics and Informetrics - Course Information

UIKSK49 Bibliometrics and Informetrics

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Kamil Matula, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Anna Novotná, Ph.D.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

UIKSK21 Project Management || UIKSK31 Project Management
Basic knowledge of document communication is required.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Information and Library Studies (programme FPF, N7201 InSK)

Course objectives

In the course students should master the basic knowledge from the bibliometric laws, bibliometric methods, indicators of evaluation of scientific publications and methodology of the bibliometric analysis of science and disciplines of individual states. The development of this discipline of information science as well as ties to informetrics and scientometrics are explained because of frequent confusion.

Syllabus

• Thematic Blocks:
  
  Module 1 Bibliometrics laws and methods
  Bradford´s law
  Zipf´s law
  Lotka´s law
  Price law
  Garfield law
  Sengupta´s law
  Module 2 Citation Index
  Science Citation Index (SCI)
  Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
  Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A and HCI)
  Journal Citation Reports (JCR)
  ISI Web of Knowledge
  Module 3 Application of Bibliometrics
  Co-Citation analysis
  Publication trends
  Maps of Science
  Socio-information research
  Informetrics, scientometrics, librametrics
  Module 4 Citation theory
  Research on information exchange of knowledge
  Citation behavior
  Ethics quoting
  Codification of the rules of citation
  Codification of the principles of cite
  

Literature

required literature
• SOUČEK, Martin. Informační věda. Praha. URL info
• BAWDEN, David, ROBINSON, Lyn. Úvod do informační vědy. Doubravník: Flow, 2017. ISBN 978-80-88123-10-1. info

recommended literature
• TATTERSALL, Andy (ed.). Altmetrics: a practical guide for librarians, reserchers and academics. London: Facet Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9781783300105. info
• GINGRAS, Yves. Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation: Uses and Abuses. 2016. ISBN 978262035125. info
• CRONIN, Blaise and Cassidy R. SUGIMOTO, eds. Beyond Bibliometrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact. 2014. ISBN 978-0-262-02679-6. info

not specified
• GOLAN, Amos. Foundations of Info-Metrics: Modeling and Inference with Imperfect Information. Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780199349531. info
• HOLMBERG, Kim. Altmetrics for information professionals: past, present and future. Amsterdam: Chandos Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9780081002773. info
• BALL, Rafael. Bibliometrie: Einfach ? verständlich ? nachvollziehbar. Berlin: De Gruyter Saur, 2014. ISBN 9783110293753. info

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis

Assessment methods

Test
Written exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 6 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

Participation in lectures, study of basic literature, semester thesis and passing written or oral exams.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Příprava na zkoušku	20
Semestrální práce	10
Účast na výuce	26
Summary	56

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2019, recent)
  
• Permalink: https://is.slu.cz/course/fpf/summer2019/UIKSK49