Multivariate Bibliometric Analysis as a Tool of Understanding the Patterns of Academic Career Paths

Abstract

In recent years, increasing attention is being drawn to the analysis of scientific career path using the indicators of academic career in career studies. Bibliometric methods play an increasing role in scientific career path analysis and its evaluation but an integrative approach is still missing to characterise the multiple aspects of scientific career. The goal of this paper is (1) to demonstrate an attempt to synthetize the prexisting bibliometric indicators, setting up a system of measurements providing a rich scientometric profile on academic careers, and (2) to present a case study on a Hungarian sample of researchers, including an empirical career typology based on our indicator system.