| * | Informal |
| * | Formal |
Scholarly Communication
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It is a field that studies how scholars, scientists, and other professionals communicate with each other. Matters for examination include formal and informal communication, the invisible college, and information seeking behavior.
A major link between scholarly communication and bibliometrics is the use of citation analysis to evaluate how and if scholars communicate through their publications. Such analyses, especially when they examine cocitations, may help researchers identify groups of scholars who have common subject interests.
Source: Diadato,V. (1994). Dictionary of bibliometrics. New York: Haworth Press.