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Growth of Worldwide Healthcare Literature:A Scientometric Study


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1 Global Leader, Whiteny Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, India
2 Department of Library & Information Science Karnatak, University, Dharwad. 580003, India
3 Vice-chancellor, Reva University, Bangalore, India
 

The present paper is an attempt to map world literature on healthcare. It also describes the application of growth models as suggested by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao (Scientometrics 25:5-46, 1992). The scope of the paper is limited to study the growth and dynamics of worldwide literature of healthcare domain for the period of 1918-2013.

Keywords

Healthcare, Scientometrics, Growth model, Health Sciences.
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Authors

Ananda T. Byrappa
Global Leader, Whiteny Knowledge Centre GE India Technology Centre 122, EPIP, Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560066, India
S. L. Sangam
Department of Library & Information Science Karnatak, University, Dharwad. 580003, India
V. G. Talawar
Vice-chancellor, Reva University, Bangalore, India

Abstract


The present paper is an attempt to map world literature on healthcare. It also describes the application of growth models as suggested by Egghe and Ravichandra Rao (Scientometrics 25:5-46, 1992). The scope of the paper is limited to study the growth and dynamics of worldwide literature of healthcare domain for the period of 1918-2013.

Keywords


Healthcare, Scientometrics, Growth model, Health Sciences.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32344/jld%2Fv3%2Fi1%2F2017%2F1-10