For a (fairly) quick introduction to bibliometric analysis see a paper
posted by Statistics Canada,
http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/downpub/listpub.cgi?catno=88F0006XIB1998008
-- it's not hard to find; it comes up first if you Google the term.
There is a useful methodological section. I heard a paper recently that
used analysis of the publication data of technical handbooks to prove
that technological innovation was on the increase during the Depression,
rather than declining, contrary to accepted wisdom. The method was new
to me, but the results were interesting. Germaine.
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