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Modeling the growth of world social science literature

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The main objectives of this study are: (a) to find the applicability of selected growth models to the growth of publications in six sub-disciplines of social sciences, namely anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology in the world; and (b) to verify the criteria for selecting the most appropriate growth model suggested by Eggheand Rao (1992).

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  1. New Delhi National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, USA

    B.M. Gupta & Suresh Kumar

  2. Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka

    S. L. Sangam & C.R. Karisiddappa

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Gupta, B., Kumar, S., Sangam, S.L. et al. Modeling the growth of world social science literature. Scientometrics 53, 161–164 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014844222898

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