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 measurement and scientific analysis that measures the scientific productions of researchers, universities and countries in the form of quantitative variables. Scientometric indicators include indicators for quantitative and qualitative evaluation of researchers' scientific output, 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 create systems of descriptive indicators. Research in different scientific communities, continuous and regular publication of such indicators can be a useful and efficient element for research management and policy making in science. The basis of scientometrics is based on the analysis of information parameters, which include scientific articles, patents, journals, and published scientific information in general. 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 field of a specific discipline. Many pioneers in this field introduce the goal of scientometrics to investigate the processes of scientific research for more effective management of science.

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, Illes and Halm, who used published scientific articles as a criterion for comparing the scientific production of different countries for the first time. At the same time, people like Lutka, Bradford and Zipf presented specific theoretical models to study the distribution of publications based on authors and publications. Despite many activities in the field of this science, until 1969, the scope, objectives and techniques of scientometrics had not yet been determined. It was at the same time that Nalimov and Molchenko determined the sub-disciplines of scientology and its scope. 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. The journal was published by Elsevier in Amsterdam, and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest (which was the most active scientific community in the field) regularly published articles on scientometrics. These articles, together with the published materials by Nalimov, greatly contributed to the development and formation of this nascent science