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Scientometrics as a Powerful Tool in Integrating Isolated Medical Specialties: A Case Study of the Rediscovery of the Luigi Cornaro Diet *by Ligen Yu, Boxuan Yu and Bowei Yu*

Preface

In recent years, academic advancement and access to funds that stimulate scientific research have been conditioned by the scientific production of individual scientists, as well as the production of scientific centers, institutes and universities. This has led to an increase in interest in the accelerated assessment and ranking of scientists and scientific institutions. Scientometry is a sub-discipline of information sciences that measures achievement in science, the most significant of which is the number and value of publications of scientific research. While it is generally accepted that the impact factor (IF) and the total number of citations of all articles published in a scientific journal are the most relevant parameters of the importance of the journal, the significance of the scientific contribution of individual researchers is much more difficult to assess. This is because the value of their scientific production cannot be directly expressed in the importance of the journals in which their articles are published. At the same time, the ranking of scientific institutions, such as universities, institutes and other scientific centers, is done separately from ranking

This book covers the following topics: data quality and ranking system, bibliometrics and its applications, scientific collaboration and citation analysis, and the future of scientometry. It provides the reader with a detailed insight into relevant scientometric methods and criteria, their individual strengths and weaknesses in the process of ranking scientists, scientific centers and institutions, as well as their application to the process of planning scientific projects and isolated medical

We want to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all the co-authors who

**Suad Kunosic**

**Enver Zerem**

Department of Physics,

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Medical Sciences,

University Džemal Bijedić Mostar,

University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,

Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

scientists and various additional criteria.

have contributed their work to this book.

specialties.
