The term scientometrics is derived from the combination of two words "sciento" meaning science and "metric" meaning measurement. The simplest definition that can be given for scientometrics is that scientometrics is the science of measuring and analyzing science that measures the scientific productions of researchers, universities and countries in the form of quantitative variables. Scientometric indicators include indicators for evaluating the quantity and quality of scientific output of researchers, which can be the basis for evaluating, ranking and promoting academic staff members, which is one of the most important goals of this science, to establish systems of descriptive indicators of research in different scientific communities. Continuous and regular publication of such indicators can be a useful and efficient element for managing research and policy making in science. The basis of scientometrics is based on the analysis of information parameters, which are scientific articles, patents, magazines and generally published scientific information. The results of this analysis help to determine the flow structure of scientific documents and their citation processes. Scientometrics deals with various aspects such as the production, dissemination and use of scientific information and does not belong to the scientific scope of a specific discipline. Many pioneers in this field introduce the purpose of scientometrics to investigate the processes in scientific research for more effective management of science.

In order to achieve the goals of scientometrics, dynamic profiles should be used to determine the progress of scientific systems. The history of this science goes back to the seventies. The starting point and formation of this science was in Soviet Russia. When Doborov and Karnova used the term scientometrics for the first time. They defined scientometrics as the measurement of informatics process. The first statistical analysis of scientific writings is attributed to Cole, Ealse and Hulme, who for the first time used published scientific articles as a benchmark to compare the scientific production of different countries. At the same time, people such as Lotka, Bradford, and Zipf presented special theoretical models to examine the distribution of publications according to authors and publications. Despite many activities in the field of this science, until 1969, the scope, goals and techniques of scientometrics had not been determined yet. It was at the same time that Nalimov and Mulchenko determined the subfields of scientometrics and its scope of work. The publication of the International Journal of Scientology in 1978 by Tibor Braun was an important step towards the global recognition and development of this science. This journal was published by Elsevier in Amsterdam, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest (which was considered the most active scientific association in this field) regularly publishes articles on scientometrics in it. These articles, together with the materials published by Nalimov, greatly contributed to the development and formation of this nascent science