Bibliometric research in Occupational Health (editorial)

Bibliometrics is the use of mathematical techniques to investigate publishing and communication patterns in the distribution of information. There is now growing evidence to suggest that the entire bibliometric approach might be significantly modified in the near future, in all fields of medicine including occupational health, via the metamorphosis of scientific communications, such as open-access, online-only periodicals, or even sharing scientific knowledge without the use of traditional periodicals. It will be interesting to see what impact such changes might have in the field of occupational health.