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A Bibliometric Analysis on "Fertility Rate" Research Trends
International Journal of Professional Business Review (2016)
  • Shalini Nagaratnam, Faculty of Economics and Management, Univeristy Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Nader Ale Ebrahim, Research Support Unit, Centre for Research Services, IPPP, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Muzafar Shah Habibullah, Faculty of Economics and Management, Univeristy Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Abstract
The systematic literature search on the fertility rate was performed on articles from the Web of Science compiled by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) to provide major publication characteristics. All articles related to Fertility from year 1980 to 2011 were analyzed with the bibliometric approach using non-parametrics techniques. Total Citation, Citation per year and Cited References were significantly different between the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s, with more than a 100% increase in the number of publication. The association between number of authors and citation per year were significantly weak. Number of publication in a journal posed a poor negative association with the citation per year. Similarity between Authors Keyword and KeyWords Plus® do not promote the increase in citation per year. The author’s affiliation and country of publication would be an interesting exploration for future fertility research. The bibiliometric analyses on Fertility is rather new and vital, as the key finding will provide researchers guidance in the literature search and future publication.
Keywords
  • Fertility,
  • Bibliometric,
  • Publication Trend,
  • Author keyword,
  • KeyWords Plus®
Publication Date
July 21, 2016
Citation Information
Shalini Nagaratnam, Nader Ale Ebrahim and Muzafar Shah Habibullah. "A Bibliometric Analysis on "Fertility Rate" Research Trends" International Journal of Professional Business Review Vol. 1 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 1 - 14 ISSN: 2525-3654
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/155/
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