Information Metrics

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01013584
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classes have a theoretical and practical component, and will be complemented by tasks made available in the Moodle platform. Work groups will be formed to explore specific topics. These methods are designed to encourage students to identify and discuss relevant issues related to the syllabus topics.

The final grade is the result of the sum of the following elements: attendance, participation in class, assignments and final exam.

Learning Outcomes

This course has a theoretical and practical nature. Its general goal is to enable students to understand the process of knowledge communication and to raise their awareness about the importance of bibliometrics in the evaluation of academic production and the management of information centers. Its specific aims are to enable students to

• Acquire fundamental theoretical knowledge on information metrics;

• Identify the main bibliometric sources for data collection and enhancement;

• Understand the theoretical and practical aspects of bibliometric laws involved in the development of knowledge, the obsolescence of academic literature and the productivity of researchers;

• Understand the applications of information metrics in the evaluation of scientific and technological activity and the management of information centers.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Science and the development of documentation

2. Bibliometrics: Introduction and basic concepts

3. Historical evolution and current situation of research in Bibliometrics

4. Information sources of bibliometric interest

5. Bibliometric laws

6. New web based metrics

7. Metrics applications.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Manuela Barreto Nunes Lopes Esteves

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Mini Tests: 30.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Research work: 40.0%

Bibliography

Bando, K. (2012). Altmetrics: alternative ways of measuring scholarly impact based on the social web. Journal of Information Processing and Management, 55(9), 638–646.

Borgman, C. L., & Furner, J. (2002). Scholarly communication and bibliometrics. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 36(1), 2–72.

Glanzel, W. (n.d.). Bibliometrics as a research field: A course on theory and application of bibliometric indicators. Retrieved from http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~ajhol/futuro/references/01%23_Bibliometrics_Module_KUL_BIBLIOMETRICS%20AS%20A%20RESEARCH%20FIELD.pdf

Hood, W. W., & Wilson, C. S. (2001). The literature of bibliometrics, scientometrics, and informetrics. Scientometrics. Retrieved from http://www.akademiai.com/index/Y5T2LBG5NN3HXA0Y.pdf

Thelwall, M. (2009). Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences (Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services). Introduction to Webometrics. Morgan and Claypool Publishers.