Article 50 Million: An Estimate of the Number of Scholarly Articles in Existence
Submitted by arif on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 12:39
Abstract:
How many scholarly research articles are there in existence? Journal articles first appeared in 1665,and the cumulative total is estimated here to pass 50 million in 2009. This sum was arrived at based on published figures for global annual output for 2006, and analyses of annual output and growth rates
published in the last decade.
Full-Text of Author's final refereed version Accepted for publication in April with minor revisions to come to Learned Publishing, UK.
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