Iranian Journal of Information Science and Technology

Copyright © 2003 SHIRAZ REGIONAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vol 1,  No 2,  ISSN 1726-8125, 2003

 

THE USE AND APPLICATION OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN BIBLIOMETRIC AND SCIENTOMETRIC STUDIES

Farideh Osareh, Ph. D. , Associate professor of Shahid Chamran University,School of Education & Psychology ,Department of Library & Information Science

Abstract

In Bibliometric and scientometric studies, three approaches of multivariate analysis, namely Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis and Multidimensional scaling are the most used methods. This article aims to review the use and applications of these techniques.

Keywords -Multivariate Analysis, Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling.


email: osareh_f@cua.ac.ir