"Bibliometrics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The use of statistical methods in the analysis of a body of literature to reveal the historical development of subject fields and patterns of authorship, publication, and use. Formerly called statistical bibliography. (from The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
| Descriptor ID |
D015706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.178.682.099.325 L01.453.183.291
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| Concept/Terms |
Bibliometrics- Bibliometrics
- Bibliometric Analysis
- Bibliographies, Statistical
- Statistical Bibliography
- Bibliography, Statistical
- Analysis, Bibliometric
- Analyses, Bibliometric
- Bibliometric Analyses
- Statistical Bibliographies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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