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Bibliographic Coupling' was first advocated by

The correct answer is
M.M. Kessler

Bibliographic Coupling Originator

The question asks to identify the individual who first advocated the concept of 'Bibliographic Coupling'.

M.M. Kessler is credited with first proposing and developing the concept of Bibliographic Coupling in the field of library and information science.

Bibliographic Coupling refers to a method of comparing documents based on their shared citation patterns. Documents citing the same previous works are considered related.

Therefore, the correct option is C.

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Important Questions from Metric Studies in LIS

  1. Match the List I with List II:
     

    List I
    Metric Studies
    List II
    Coined by
    a ScientometricsI Nacke
    b InformetricsII Nalimov and Mulchenko
    c WebometricsIII Priem et.all.
    d AltmetricsIV Almind and Ingwerson


    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  2. Bibliographic coupling is a technique of :
  3. Self-links denote :
  4. Commercial search engines report
  5. Self-linking and self-linked measures calculate their rates for
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