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. 2012 Feb 29;92(2):443–455. doi: 10.1007/s11192-012-0677-x

Table 2.

Contents of the five selected Journal Subject Categories, 2000 and 2004

2000 2004
Nr Jnls Nr Pubs Average # publs. Range of # publs. Nr Jnls Nr Pubs Average # publs. Range of # publs.
Biochemistry and molecular biology
 1–50 77 2,153 28.0 1–50 68 2,039 30.0 1–48
 51–100 56 4,125 73.7 52–99 55 4,018 73.1 52–97
 101–150 38 4,550 119.7 101–149 37 4,608 124.5 101–144
 151–200 23 4,550 197.8 153–196 24 4,112 171.3 151–194
 201–250 14 3,216 229.7 204–250 14 3,194 228.1 203–248
 251– 30 22,957 765.2 255–5,486 37 25,603 692.0 255–6,156
Economics
 1–20 36 485 13.5 5–20 35 471 13.5 5–20
 21–30 55 1,372 24.9 21–30 44 1,153 26.2 21–30
 31–40 30 1,046 34.9 31–40 38 1,348 35.5 31–40
 41–50 19 868 45.7 41–50 22 1,002 45.5 41–50
 51–75 24 1,494 62.3 52–75 31 1,893 61.1 51–74
 76– 20 2,433 121.7 76–236 17 2,106 123.9 76–263
Information and library science
 1–15 15 145 9.7 4–14 10 107 10.7 4–14
 16–25 12 233 19.4 16–25 19 392 20.6 16–25
 26–35 16 478 29.9 26–34 8 248 31.0 26–34
 36–50 9 369 41.0 36–46 13 546 42.0 36–46
 51– 6 497 82.8 51–108 7 574 82.0 51–143
Mathematics
 1–30 30 605 20.2 6–30 41 792 19.3 7–28
 31–45 37 1,371 37.1 31–45 46 1,766 38.4 31–45
 46–60 36 1,928 53.6 46–60 28 1,477 52.8 46–60
 61–100 30 2,405 80.2 61–98 44 3,370 76.6 61–100
 101–150 22 2,572 116.9 104–150 15 1,799 119.9 103–148
 151– 15 4,423 294.9 159–479 17 4,878 286.9 160–590
Pathology
 1–35 13 340 26.2 8–33 13 285 21.9 1–33
 36–70 20 910 45.5 37–62 24 1,162 48.4 36–69
 71–150 17 1,675 98.5 72–146 18 1,912 106.2 71–147
 151– 16 3,312 207.0 154–427 10 2,142 214.2 164–379