Bibliometric and Bibliographic Analysis in an Era of Electronic Scholarly Communication

A combination of better bibliographic control, interactive systems, and adherence to standardized electronic publishing protocols would improve the accuracy and reliability of the citation data retrieved.

Abstract

SummaryBibliometric analysis of citation data is important to scientist and librarian alike. With alternate means of scientific scholarly communication proliferating, its's important to be able to accurately link publications and their references. This article highlights some of the current problems that arise when doing citation analysis of different kinds of scientific scholarly communication. A combination of better bibliographic control, interactive systems, and adherence to standardized electronic publishing protocols would improve the accuracy and reliability of the citation data retrieved.