Big Data Literature Output of Web of Science: A Scientometric Profile
Published: 2017
Author(s) Name: R. Santha kumar |
Author(s) Affiliation: Librarian, S K R Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Abstract
The present paper is aimed at analysing the global publications trends on big data using Web of Science database for the period 2006-2015. The database contained 13933 publications. The average number of publications per year was 1393.3. There were only 597 publications in 2006 and a continuous growth of publication was observed during the period. The highest publication 3513 was in 2015. The study analysed the broad features of literature on big data focusing on growth rate of publications, most prolific authors, country wise distribution of publications, highly productive institutes, language wise distribution of publications, most preferred source titles and high productivity subject areas.
Keywords: Big Data, Annual Growth Rate, Web of Science, Relative Growth Rate and Doubling Time
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