Bibliometric evaluation for research in the field of sciences can be a good way toassess the quality and factual basis of claims and can lead to more funding forauthors and for research work. However, due to the more diverse fields covered, thistype of evaluation is less effective in the world of humanities. Many professionalsand researchers in humanities fields believe that bibliometric evaluation is meantonly for STEM research and can’t properly assess any findings made in humanities.Four common claims made about bibliometrics in humanities are that bibliometricsdo not adequately cover the non-uniform nature of humanities; greater bibliometriccoverage will not solve all the research problems in humanities subjects; metrics usealready has an impact on humanities research practices and finally; other evaluationmethods, like altmetrics, are conventional.