The growth of Brazilian metrics literature

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.
Authors: Rubén Urbizagástegui Alvarado, Cristina Restrepo Arango
Source: J Scientometric Res
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