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The growth of Brazilian metrics literature

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Analysis is presented on the growth of the literature on bibliometrics, informetrics, and scientometrics published in Brazil by Brazilian and foreign authors in the form of journal articles, book chapters, and papers presented at conferences. From 1973 to December 2012, close to 2300 documents were published. This literature is growing exponentially at a rate of 24% per year and doubling in size every 3.2 years.

Source: Journal of Scientometric Research

DOI: 10.4103/2320-0057.156014

Authors: RubénUrbizagástegui Alvarado, CristinaRestrepo Arango

Institutions: University of California, Riverside, El Colegio de México

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W1471076992

FWCI: 5.72

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Cited by: 47

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