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Tetrachloro-dibenzo-dioxins were declared as human carcinogenic substances in 1997. Objective: to analyse the scientific production about tetrachloro-dibenzo-dioxins between 1976 and 2005. Solla Price and Bradford models were applied. Different aspects of papers were analysed. Impact factor of journals was studied. 3484 articles were found. The number of articles published each year is fitted to Solla Price model. It has been shown the scientific literature dispersion. Specialisation of some journals of Nucleus and 1st Bradford Zone has been shown.
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Pe?a-Rey, I., Pérez-Farinós, N. & Campos, P. Scientific production on tetrachloro-dibenzo-dioxins: A bibliometric study. Scientometrics 69, 639–650 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0174-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-006-0174-1