Bibliometrics of Bibliometrics: A Research Topic in the Mirror of Bibliometric Indicators

Abstract

This exploratory study tries to get insights on one way of exteriorizing the publication activity of bibliometricians and how such activity is taken into consideration within the scientific community. As we thought in advance, the evidence shows that the USA is the most productive, most cited and most collaborative publisher. The neighbourhood is a ground to collaborate, like Canada or Mexico with the USA, and Belgium with the Netherlands. The most visible topics are small-world networks and webometrics.

Keywords

• bibliometrics
• publication activity
• citation impact
• research collaboration