Bibliometrics and Scientometrics

The CHESS offers its expertise to higher education institutions. Examples of support services provided include:

• Consultations for the implementation of bibliometric procedures,
• Workshops and lectures on bibliometrics and scientometrics,
• Reporting on different levels,
• Meta-evaluations of peer review processes,
• Consulting and analyses of quality management in research and teaching.

Please direct inquiries to the office or directly to Christian Leder.

Governance of higher education institutions requires valid information about input, process, and output in knowledge production, which is reflected in scientific communication processes (e.g., publications in journals). Bibliometrics quantitatively analyzes the information generated in the scientific process (e.g., publications, citations, social media) and condenses it into key figures and indicators. This data can then be used for governance and decision-making in higher education institutions at different levels, including by individual researchers, departments, faculty leadership, university leadership. Scientometrics, or empirical science research, draws a wider scope of analysis. Thus, science as a whole is analyzed empirically and other sources of information such as data from peer review processes are included in the analysis.