Springer Scientific Metrics: Towards Analytical and Quantitative Sciences (Understanding Complex Systems)

This book presents scientific metrics and its applications for approaching scientific findings in the field of Physics, Economics and Scientometrics. Based on a collection of the author’s publications in these fields, the book reveals the profound links between the measures and the findings in the natural laws, from micro-particles to macro-cosmos, in the economic rules of human society, and in the core knowledge among mass information. With this book the readers can gain insights or ideas on addressing the questions of how to measure the physical world, economics process and human knowledge, from the perspective of scientific metrics. The book is also useful to scientists, particularly to specialists in physics, economics and scientometrics, for promoting and stimulating their creative ideas based on scientific metrics. From the Back Cover This book presents scientific metrics and its applications for approaching scientific findings in the field of Physics, Economics and Scientometrics. Based on a collection of the author’s publications in these fields, the book reveals the profound links between the measures and the findings in the natural laws, from micro-particles to macro-cosmos, in the economic rules of human society, and in the core knowledge among mass information. With this book the readers can gain insights or ideas on addressing the questions of how to measure the physical world, economics process and human knowledge, from the perspective of scientific metrics. The book is also useful to scientists, particularly to specialists in physics, economics and scientometrics, for promoting and stimulating their creative ideas based on scientific metrics. About the Author Prof. Dr. Ye is now a full professor in the school of information management at Nanjing University. His research interest focuses on the scientific metrics. He has published about 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 3 monographs and 3 textbooks. Prof. Ye is a Fellow of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a life-long member of ISSI (International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics) and the member of the Editorial Committees of Journal of Informetrics, Journal of Data and Information Science and so on. During Sept. 2000 to Sept. 2001, Dr. Ye was a Fulbright research scholar in the University of Arizona and the University of Michigan in USA.