Informetrics: Theory, Methods and Applications

1 Introduction.- 2 Literature Information Growth Law.- 3 Literature Information Obsolescence Law.- 4 The Distribution Law of Concentration and Scattering-the Bradford Law.- 5 Word Frequency Distribution of Literature Information - Zipf’s law.- 6 Author Distribution of Literature Information - Lotka’s Law.- 7 Theory Foundations of Informatrics.- 8 Statistical Analysis Method of Literature Information.- 9 Mathematical Model Analysis Method of Literature Information.- 10 Citation Analysis.- 11 Methods of Computer Aided Informetrics Analysis.- 12 Application of Informetrics in Information Resource Management.- 13 Application of Informetrics in Science and Technology Management and Forecast.- 14 New Development of Informetrics - Webometrics.

Junping Qiu is Director of the Research Center for China Science Evaluation, and Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Information Management at Wuhan University. His research interests include scientometrics, informetrics, scientific evaluation, quality management, knowledge management and competitive intelligence. He is a respected information scientist and evaluation management expert as well as one of the main founders of bibliometrics in China.