Social Sciences grew at the fastest rate among all academic domains between 2015 and 2025, while Physical Sciences added the most articles in absolute terms.
Open GitHub ↗Social Sciences grew by +139.3% (from 839K to 2.01M articles), whereas Physical Sciences added 1,363,414 articles (growing by +96.4% from 1.41M to 2.78M).
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Between 2015 and 2025 across OpenAlex domains for DOI-indexed articles, Physical Sciences added the most articles (+1,363,414, growing from 1.41M to 2.78M, +96.4%), while Social Sciences grew at the fastest rate (+139.3%, from 839K to 2.01M).
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Social Sciences grew fastest (+139.3%, 2015–2025) while Physical Sciences added the most articles (+1.36M).
Physical Sciences added the most articles in absolute terms (+1,363,414), but Social Sciences grew at the fastest rate (+139.3%).
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- README.md
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