利用文献计量学研究学科热点初探

Preliminary Study on Discipline Hotspots by Bibliometrics

文献计量学是信息科学领域中的一个重要分支学科,目前在许多学科的研究中日益得到广泛的应用。利用文献计量学,可以从核心机构、核心作者、高被引文献、关键词等多个方面客观地从宏观的角度来分析总结当前学科研究热点,从而为管理决策人员、学科研究人员等提供学科情报。本文通过一些实例研究,总结了利用文献计量学研究学科热点的途径,并针对目前研究方法的局限性提出了一些改进的措施。

Bibliometrics is an important sub - discipline in information sciences, and is applying broadly in many discipline researches. The current discipline hotspots can be analyzed from the macroscopical angle by bibliometric, from the following aspects： core institutes, core authors, highly cited papers, keywords, etc. To provide scientific intelligent basis for decision - makers and scientists. The paper summarizes the methods of using bibliometrics to study discipline hotspots by some examples, and gives some amendment solutions to resolve the limitations.