Tables from Growth and Change of the World's Chemical Literature as Reflected in Chemical Abstracts

Tables 1-7 from: Donnell, E.P., "Growth and Change of the World’s Chemical Literature as Reflected in Chemical Abstracts." Publishing Research Quarterly 10, 38–46 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02680377 By Edward P. Donnell, senior advisor for public relations, CAS division of American Chemical Society, 2540 Oletangy River Road, P. O. Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210-0012. Transcribed by Andrew Dalke, 6 September 2022. The ods spreadsheet, generated by LibreOffice, contains the following sheets: Table 1 - Chemical Abstracts Publication Record 1907-93 Table 2 - Sources of Journal Literature Abstracted in Chemical Abstracts (as percentage of total journal literature abstracted) Table 3 - Language of Publication of Journal Literature Abstracted in Chemical Abstracts (as percentage of total journal literature abstracted) Table 4 - Country of Issue of Patents Abstracted in Chemical Abstracts (as a percentage of total patents abstracted) Table 5 - Country of Issue of Equivalent Patents Cited in Chemical Abstracts (as a percentage of total equivalent patents cited) Table 6 - Collective Indexes to Chemical Abstracts Table 7 - Growth of the CAS Chemical Registry System