Welcome to the online submission and editorial system for Scientometrica

Scientometrica is a peer-reviewed journal committed to the development of the science of science. The journal thus encourages and facilitates the publication of rigorous studies conducted in the fields of scientometrics, informetrics, and bibliometrics that contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of scholarly communication, research evaluation, and knowledge production. Theoretical, methodological, and applied contributions that bring to light the patterns of innovation, collaboration, and impact among different areas of study are welcome at the journal. By linking quantitative analysis with policy relevance, Scientometrica allows for the formulation of decisions in academia, industry, and government that are based on credible evidence. Scholars, analysts, and practitioners are invited to take part in a lively discourse that will determine the direction of the research ecosystems of the future. Subject areas include, but are not limited to the following fields:

The primary aim of this publishing company is to perform fast and reliable process for contributors. Once a paper is accepted, our staffs work hard to provide online version of the papers as quickly as possible. All papers are assigned valid DOI number once they appear online just to make sure that the other people researchers cite them while no volume and numbers are still assigned to the papers. We believe this could help the existing knowledge grow faster; however, the actual publication of a paper with volume and number will not exceed more than 4 months.

Scientometrica is an open access journal, which provides instant access to the full text of research papers without any need for a subscription to the journal where the papers are published. Therefore, anyone has the opportunity to copy, use, redistribute, transmit/display the work publicly and to distribute derivative works, in any sort of digital form for any responsible purpose, subject to appropriate attribution of authorship. Authors who publish their articles may also maintain the copyright of their articles.

Scientometrica applies the Creative Commons license (CC-BY) to works we publish (read the human-readable summary or the full license legal code). Under this license, authors keep ownership of the copyright for their content, but permit anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is needed from the authors or the publishers. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article (e.g., Bagherzadi, H. (2024). A scientometric analysis of AI agent research: trends, applications, and future directions.Scientometrica, 1(2), 73-82. DOI: 10.5267/j.sci.2025.3.003). For any reuse or redistribution of a work, users have to also make clear the license terms under which the work was published. This broad license was developed to facilitate free access to, and unrestricted reuse of, original works of all kinds. Applying this standard license to your own work will ensure that it is freely and openly available in perpetuity.