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Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics can be defined as the quantitative study of publication collections and is used as an integral part of KTH's quality work. Bibliometric data also provides input to the various rankings performed at the international level, and is thus an important instrument for KTH's relevance to the outside world.

Go directly to ABM (Annual Bibliometric Monitoring)

A new version of Annual Bibliometric Monitoring (ABM) 2023 is now available

Every year around December KTH Library releases the Annual Bibliometric Monotoring for the past year.

Read more about ABM 2023

The KTH Library carries out bibliometric analyses on behalf of KTH's management, but we can also produce tailor-made analyses based on your specific questions, whether you work in KTH's management or in practical research. If you are curious, contact us and we will discuss with you what you need to know and give suggestions on what kind of analysis we can produce for you.

What is bibliometrics?

Bibliometrics can be defined as the quantitative study of publication collections. The Bibliometric group at KTH produces statistics for the publishing of KTH, impact measured on the basis of citations and co-publishing. Common uses for bibliometric analyses are follow-up of publishing activity and support for future publishing strategy.

Bibliometrics at KTH

There are many different areas of use for bibliometrics at KTH, and the library's Bibliometrics group can help analysing the results depending on what you need to know. It could, for example, be about management needing to make strategic decisions regarding schools' publishing, or gaining an understanding of how KTH's research is disseminated nationally and internationally. This knowledge can provide important keys in developing core activities at different levels.

Bibliometric analyses can also be used by the individual researcher who wants to understand how their own research is disseminated. If you as a researcher want help interpreting bibliometrics, contact us and we will help you!

The Bibliometrics group produces different kinds of analyses:

  • Bibliometric indicator for resource allocation.
  • Indicators to the indicator report of KTH.
  • Bibliometric analyses on the behalf of the management of KTH, for instance co-publishing and benchmarking analyses.
  • External analyses for other universities and institutes.

Services for analysis

Order a bibliometric analysis

The Bibliometrics group conducts analyses internally for KTH and for other universities and organizations active in research. The team does extensive analyses with statistical compilations as well as delivers bibliometric indicator values for a given set of publications. If you want to order a bibliometric analysis, we need to know a little more in detail about the purpose and definitions. Contact us  for advice or questions. Please note that external analyses will be charged.

Altmetrics - another way to measure research impact

Another way of measuring publication impact is through altmetrics, ie how research reaches out in news, social media and other channels outside the traditional scientific sphere.

Read more on the page Altmetric - monitor research output

For questions about bibliometrics, altmetrics and ranking , you can always turn to our experts who work at the library.

Contact the Bibliometrics group

If you have any questions concerning bibliometrics, don't hesitate to contact the Bibliometrics group at KTH Library.

E-mail: biblioteket@kth.se

Staff in the Bibliometrics group

Gael Serge Dubus
Gael Serge Dubus Bibliometric analyst
Tobias Jeppsson
Tobias Jeppsson Bibliometric analyst
Lorenzo Borghi
Lorenzo Borghi Bibliometric analyst
Margareta Fathli
Margareta Fathli Team leader
Agne Larsson
Agne Larsson Bibliometric analyst
Cecilia Wiklander
Cecilia Wiklander System analyst

The latest publications by the bibliometrics team

[1]
T. Pärt et al., "Unclear relationships between mean survival rate and its environmental variance in vertebrates," Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 3, 2024.
[2]
P. Ahlgren et al., "BATTERY 2030+ and its Research Roadmap : A Bibliometric Analysis.," ChemSusChem, vol. 16, no. 21, 2023.
[3]
P. Ahlgren et al., "A bibliometric analysis of battery research with the BATTERY 2030+ roadmap as point of departure," Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2022.
[4]
Q. Wang and T. Jeppsson, "Identifying benchmark units for research management and evaluation," Scientometrics, vol. 127, no. 12, pp. 7557-7574, 2022.
[5]
"Exhibition: Space Waves and a Tale : Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995). Nobel Prize laureate in physics 1970.," , 2022.
[6]
G. Dubus and M. Fathli, "Striving for Open Access publishing at KTH Royal Institute of Technology : Are we on the right track?," in Septentrio Conference Series, 2022.
[7]
M. Bazzi, G. Dubus and M. Fathli, "Open Access publishing at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology : Statistics for 2011-2021," KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TRITA-LIB, 2022:2, 2022.
[8]
G. Dubus and M. Fathli, "Open Access publishing at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology : Statistics for 2011–2020," KTH Royal Institute of Technology, TRITA-LIB, 2022:1, 2022.
[9]
Q. Wang and T. Jeppsson, "A bibliometric strategy for identifying benchmark research units," in 18th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics” (ISSI2021), 2021, pp. 1229-1234.
[10]
J. Ding et al., "The link between ethnic diversity and scientific impact : the mediating effect of novelty and audience diversity," Scientometrics, vol. 126, no. 9, pp. 7759-7810, 2021.