Bibliometrics/informetrics is one of the older areas of library and information science. The terms bibliometrics, scientometrics, and informetrics are often used synonymously. The areas of study cover bibliometric distribution, citation and cocitation analyses, and library use studies. The study of bibliometric distribution led to the invention of Lotka’s law of scientific productivity, Bradford’s law of core scatter in journals, and Zipf’s law of word occurrence. The researchers in the citation and co-citation areas identify the pattern of how published documents are cited over time using many different approaches such as bibliometric coupling, document cocitation analysis, author cocitation analysis, and co-word analysis. Bibliometrics, informetrics, scientometrics and librametrics are four measuring techniques in libary and information science. These are analogous, or rather synonymous, terms with intermingled aims and objectives and as such they need some elucidation. This comprehensive book discusses their scope, application, development and potential in solving various problems pertaining to library and inforamtion sciences. This book is an interesting read for the information researchers, library and information science (LIS) students, and also information professionals managing significant information resources in Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 environment.

Chandan Mishra is a leading expert in Information Science, specializing in bibliometrics, informetrics, and scientometrics. His research innovations have revolutionized quantitative methodologies in information studies, focusing on citation analysis and research impact metrics. Mishra has published extensively in high-impact journals and has held positions in academic institutions, shaping the discourse on information metrics and knowledge management.