The “Sound of Bibliometrics”: an analysis of its level of awareness and acceptance in Austria (original) (raw)

This paper gives an overview of the history of bibliometrics in Austria and reports on its level of awareness and its acceptance. For this purpose an online survey addressed to Austrian scientists was conducted and its results analyzed. In spite of emergent and increasing activities in this field, the uptake of bibliometric knowledge is slow and has much room for improvement in the Austrian scientific community. The majority of responders agree on the need for a more sophisticated bibliometric education and also indicate a willingness to use existent bibliometric services. Background and Purpose of the study This study was done within the scope of a master thesis for the university course “Library and Information Studies”, which is still work in progress and is supervised by the Bibliometrics Department of the Vienna University Library. In 2013 Vienna will host the ISSI conference. In light of this occasion the authors give a short overview of the history of bibliometrics in Austria...