H. L. Vacher|Todd A. Chavez
Quantitative Literacy on the Web of Science, 1: The Bibliography and its Role in the History of this Journal
University of South Florida|University of South Florida
prior deciding propose 2006 national numeracy network nnn publish new journal quantitative literacy support university south florida libraries investigated publication environment field web sciencereproducing part study paper present findings topic searches march 2008 numeracy quantitative literacy statistical literacythese updated results include combined bibliography 338 peerreviewed articles amongst 210 different journals 748 authors 321 institutions 25 countries total 87 subjects 34 subject classes web sciencepublication dates indicate exponential growth since 1974 doubling time 48 yearscitation patterns argue field would benefit development hub journalwith exception citationconnected papers medicine health science public health 21 collection papers bibliography either completely isolated 54 citation graph relatively small weakly connected clustersvery cited prominent edited volumes associated nnnin keeping concept