Growth of world and Indian physics literature

B. M. Gupta, Praveen Sharma and Suresh Kumar
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B. M. Gupta: National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies
Praveen Sharma: National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies
Suresh Kumar: National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies

Scientometrics, 1999, vol. 44, issue 1, No 1, 5-16

Abstract: Abstract The paper deals with the nature of growth models currently used in the literature for modeling the growth of publications. It introduces briefly three growth models and explores the applicability of these models in the growth of world and Indian physics literature. The analysis suggests that the growth of Indian physics literature follows a logistic model, while the growth of world physics literature is explained by a combination of logistic and power models. The criteria for selection of growth models based on the new growth rate functions suggested by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao are given. The methodology suggested by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao is shown to work satisfactorily, except for longer time series growth data, when we may have to restore to data splitting approach, if suggested by the plots of new growth rate functions. This approach helped us to use a combination of two growth models instead of one, to explain the growth of world physics literature.

Date: 1999
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