This e-books brings together six papers on bibliometrics, or the quantitative study of publications, that have been written by people who have been working with the Bibliometrics Research Group (BRG) at City University, London, UK during the years 2001-04. The BRG was set up by the Wellcome Trust in order to allow the Research Outputs Database (ROD), which had been developed within the Policy Unit there to operate more freely and attract new clients to bibliometric methods. The BRG also welcomed a number of guests who spent time working with the Group on their own projects. The focus has been primarily on biomedical research and clinical medicine, although some work has been done in other areas. The new methods allow subject-based analysis to take place in ways that have not previously been possible and have led to many reports for clients and publications in journals.

Bibliometrics is now very much an international activity. The associates of the BRG included people from three other countries: Brazil, Colombia and India, and the results of their work with the Group are presented in this e-book