Bibliometria comparada sobre tecnologia de informacion: diez anos en la base de datos ERIC. Comparative bibliometrics in the field of information technology: ten years of the ERIC database

Title: Bibliometria comparada sobre tecnologia de informacion: diez anos en la base de datos ERIC. Comparative bibliometrics in the field of information technology: ten years of the ERIC database
Author: Diaz IG;Aguilar GS;
Address: Based on a paper presented at the Conference on applied technologies in the storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, in Merida, Venezuela, 10-12 May 95. Reports results of an automated search of the term `information technology\' and 20 related terms in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, 1982-91, which revealed data related to: scientific production relating to information technology; core journals; types of documents; types of authors and their output; sponsoring institutions; publishing output by country; descriptors; and related terms. The following bibliometric laws are applied: Bradford\'s Law; Lotka\'s Law; and Spearman\'s and Pearson\'s laws. Provides an insight into the role of bibliometrics as a scientific discipline for the study of the development of new technologies and their impact on information activity. Original abstract - amended
Journal: Ciencias de la Informacion
Vol:
Issue: 4
Pages: -73
Date: 1995
Abstract: Based on a paper presented at the Conference on applied technologies in the storage, retrieval and dissemination of information, in Merida, Venezuela, 10-12 May 95. Reports results of an automated search of the term `information technology\' and 20 related terms in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, 1982-91, which revealed data related to: scientific production relating to information technology; core journals; types of documents; types of authors and their output; sponsoring institutions; publishing output by country; descriptors; and related terms. The following bibliometric laws are applied: Bradford\'s Law; Lotka\'s Law; and Spearman\'s and Pearson\'s laws. Provides an insight into the role of bibliometrics as a scientific discipline for the study of the development of new technologies and their impact on information activity. Original abstract - amended