Bibliometrics and scientometrics in applied linguistics: Epilogue to the special issue

Bibliometrics and scientometrics in applied linguistics: Epilogue to the special issue

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In this paper, I first discuss the field of bibliometrics, which is a quantitative approach to analyzing scholarly publications, and its subfield, scientometrics, which focuses exclusively on scientific literature.I argue that the use of bibliometric methods has been growing in applied linguistics in plastic jigger recent years, and explore the common features between bibliometrics and scientometrics.I will then review the papers published in the special issue on bibliometrics in applied flexcon reverse osmosis water storage tank linguistics, which features nine papers on various bibliometric topics.I conclude with suggestions for future research in the field, including the development of scales for measuring perceived prestige, investigation of indicators of influence and a predictive theory for impact of second language (L2) research, and further investigation into the imbalance in the representation of authors based in different parts of the world.