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 Origin and Development 350x350px|The relationship between the metrics terms 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 350x350px|The relationship between the metrics termsCybermetrics , 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’.