Before revision: Informetrics encompasses the following fields: Scientometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of science Webometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of the World Wide Web Bibliometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of recorded information Cybermetrics, which is similar to webometrics, but broadens its definition to include electronic resources 350x350px|The relationship between the metrics terms Origin and Development The term informetrics (French: Informetrie) was coined by German scholars Otto Nacke in 1979, and came from the German word 'informetrie’.
After revision: Informetrics encompasses the following fields: Scientometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of science Webometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of the World Wide Web Bibliometrics, which studies quantitative aspects of recorded information Cybermetrics, which is similar to webometrics, but broadens its definition to include electronic resources Origin and Development The term informetrics (French: Informetrie) was coined by German scholars Otto Nacke in 1979, and came from the German word 'informetrie’.