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2.2 Growth Rates for Publication Activity
The growth rates for the production of articles in the individual disciplines provide information on
the disciplines that experienced an increase or decrease in the number of articles produced
between the two periods of 1998 to 2002 and 2003 to 2007. It should be noted that disciplines
which produce a small number of articles will generate higher growth rates (e.g. in information
and computer science). For this reason, the discipline of “nanotechnology” is not included in the
following bar charts. The corresponding data, however, can be found in the tables that follow the
bar charts.
Growth rates per discipline in Germany
Physics
Medicine
Mathematics
Materials science
Engineering
Information and computer science
Geosciences
Energy
Chemistry
Biology and biotechnology
Agricultural science
Multidisciplinary journals
-45% -30% -15% 0% 15% 30% 45%
Growth rates
from 1998 to 2002 from 2003 to 2007
Figure 44: Growth rates of the output in individual disciplines (Germany)
Growth rates pers discipline in China
Physics
Medicine
Mathematics
Materials science
Engineering
Information and computer science
Geosciences
Energy
Chemistry
Biology and biotechnology
Agricultural science
Multidisciplinary journals
-20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140% 160% 180% 200% 220% 240% 260% 280%
Growth rates
from 1998 to 2002 from 2003 to 2007
Figure 45: Growth rates of the output in individual disciplines (China)
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