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Informetrics 809


 
Module code INL 809
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Module content

*Requires: Knowledge of Statistics - Consult the department in this regard
Informetrics investigates the quantitative aspects of information (communication) processes, particularly those using text. It incorporates the old field of Bibliometrics, and the new areas of Cybermetrics and Webometrics.
Topics covered are: citation indexing, citation networks and citation matrices, bibliographic coupling, co-citation graphs, science policy applications, informetric laws and approximations.
Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 09
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Information Science
Period of presentation Year
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