A multivariate analysis of publication trends in the 1980s with special reference to south-east Asia

摘要

This study is a follow-up to a published Correspondence Factor Analysis (CFA) of a dataset of over 6 million bilbliometric entries. In the previous paper, CFA was used to show how the 48 most prolific countries stand in relation to each with regard to their publication interests in 17 specific disciplinary areas and one multidisciplinary field over the period 1981-1992. In this paper, we illustrate how the publication profiles of these 48 countries evolved over time during this period.