There, Where Bibliometrics Starts, or How to Acquire Analytical Material from Autopsy

Abstract

Although bibliometrics is not a young discipline it experiences a lot of changes connected to research methods, quantity of analyzed data and the implementation of received results of analysis. Constant growth of available computing powers enabled development of analytical methods implemented for bigger and bigger resources of bibliographic databases. These databases are developed mainly by international, commercial entities interested in accumulating of data for global branches of science. Flaws in the completeness and coherence of data gathered in country’s bibliographical databases impede quantitative analysis and results gained via aforementioned method cease to be representative. There is often a need for gathering the analytical material from autopsy. The author points out that the development of broadly accessible analytical systems which can be used in bibliometric research is not followed by the development of systems that enable to gather and arrange such data. The article contains proposals of usage of a certain application designed for slightly different purpose.