The Growth of Climate Change Science: A Scientometric Study

A quantitative description of the growth of climate change science is presented based on the increase in the number of abstracts of scientific publications dealing with the many aspects of this broad subject. This number now totals 7000 and is doubling every 11 years.

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Published inClimatic change Vol. 48; no. 2-3; pp. 515 - 524
Main Author Stanhill, G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer 01.02.2001
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Bibliographic literature
Climate change
Climate science
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Greenhouse effect
Meteorology
Other topics in atmospheric geophysics
Science
Scientometrics
Standard deviation
Scientific literature
Climate modification
Growth curve
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ISSN0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI10.1023/A:1010721600896

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Summary:A quantitative description of the growth of climate change science is presented based on the increase in the number of abstracts of scientific publications dealing with the many aspects of this broad subject. This number now totals 7000 and is doubling every 11 years.
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ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1023/A:1010721600896