Document Type : Narrative Review
Author
Assistant Professor, Library and Information Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract
One of the most important quantitative methods and research domains in library and information sciences is scientometrics and informatics, which has markedly developed over the last four decades. The Study in each one of the categories of this domain, need to more research and literatures review. Scientometrics applied in description, explanation and prediction of scientific situation of researchers, education and research groups, universities, organizations and countries in various national and international fields. Against the great success which has gained in this field, a lot of challenging obstacles and difficulties has been facing for researchers in mentioned fields.These challenges could be evaluated with different approaches. In this paper the positive and negative aspects of scientometrics studies have been analyzed using libraries method by a comprehensive and critical approach.The major obstacles have presented in four categories as follows:1. Limitation in Philosophical, epistemological and theoretical foundations;2. Methodological obstacles and specific difficulties of citations and citation analysis;3. Terminological chaos;4. Limitation of Scientometrics tools including the ISI in careful assessment of science.Keywords: Bibliometrics; Citation; Critical Review.
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