In general, scientometrics was created to achieve the following goals:
- Formulating scientific and research policies and guidelines
- Raising the scientific status of the university and the country
- Quantitative and qualitative improvement of scientific and technological productions of the university - Study of scientific communication and citation analysis
- Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of scientific sources and publications
- Examining output, efficiency/performance and scientific impact
- Appropriate efficiency of existing facilities and capabilities for research - Establishing a balance between the budget and research costs
- Examining the growth and development indicators of science) research and development indicators
- Human resources, patent licenses, science commercialization balance and technological, structural, functional and financial contracts and...)
- Discovering existing relationships and patterns between scientists, research areas, countries and...
- Correct evaluation and ranking of researchers, institutes, countries, specialized journals, specialized subjects, etc.
- Measurement and evaluation of scientific innovations
- Scientific collaboration and participation, co-authorship networks, investigation of all types of scientific fraud and plagiarism.