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1,700 articles for the second. Although with smaller vol-
umes, Taylor &Francis and IEEE Xplore exhibit similar
upward trends over this period. The exception is OnePetro,
a base specialized in oil and gas, where lithium technology
has little relevance. On the other hand, in the multidisci-
plinary ScienceDirect there is a strong increase from 1,210
articles in 2015 to more than 3,500 in 2022 on this topic.
The proliferation of research reflects innovation in lithium
technological applications, such as batteries and electron-
ics, driven by its growing demand. These databases provide
quantitative metrics of the rapid advance of scientific and
technological knowledge associated with this material in
recent years (Figure 2).
The lithium economy has become a highly relevant and
rapidly growing academic research topic in recent years.
This is evidenced by the exponential proliferation of arti-
cles published on this subject since 2015 in major scientific
databases.
It is projected that the number of publications on lith-
ium economics and technology will continue to steadily
increase over the next decade. Projections based on sta-
tistical models estimate between 5,000–6,000 articles in
2025 and 9,000–10,000 in 2030 on lithium economics.
In lithium technology, between 11,500–14,500 articles are
expected in 2025 and 17,000–23,000 in 2030.
General Formula of an Exponential Model
(published articles)
*y a b 2 =
Table 1. Publication of articles per year
Áreas Temáticas
Cantidad de artículos por año
F. de búsqueda 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Economía del litio Google Scholar 90 120 190 290 410 620 930 1400
Scopus 97 137 204 354 488 641 802 979
Taylor&Francis 32 41 53 71 94 122 167 219
IEEE Xplore 8 11 19 26 37 53 72 89
OnePetro 5 8 11 19 26 37 51 63
ScienceDirect 89 124 163 212 284 372 497 638
Tecnología del litio Google Scolar 480 580 720 890 1100 1400 1800 2200
Scopus 380 450 580 720 890 1100 1400 1700
Taylor&Francis 36 42 51 63 78 92 115 132
IEEE Xplore 218 254 302 357 412 489 562 638
OnePetro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ScienceDirect 1210 1390 1630 1920 2280 2690 3130 3580
(Own Source)
Figure 1. Forecast of the increase in published articles on
the lithium economy (Own Source)
Figure 2. Forecast of the increase in published articles related
to lithium technology (own source)
1,700 articles for the second. Although with smaller vol-
umes, Taylor &Francis and IEEE Xplore exhibit similar
upward trends over this period. The exception is OnePetro,
a base specialized in oil and gas, where lithium technology
has little relevance. On the other hand, in the multidisci-
plinary ScienceDirect there is a strong increase from 1,210
articles in 2015 to more than 3,500 in 2022 on this topic.
The proliferation of research reflects innovation in lithium
technological applications, such as batteries and electron-
ics, driven by its growing demand. These databases provide
quantitative metrics of the rapid advance of scientific and
technological knowledge associated with this material in
recent years (Figure 2).
The lithium economy has become a highly relevant and
rapidly growing academic research topic in recent years.
This is evidenced by the exponential proliferation of arti-
cles published on this subject since 2015 in major scientific
databases.
It is projected that the number of publications on lith-
ium economics and technology will continue to steadily
increase over the next decade. Projections based on sta-
tistical models estimate between 5,000–6,000 articles in
2025 and 9,000–10,000 in 2030 on lithium economics.
In lithium technology, between 11,500–14,500 articles are
expected in 2025 and 17,000–23,000 in 2030.
General Formula of an Exponential Model
(published articles)
*y a b 2 =
Table 1. Publication of articles per year
Áreas Temáticas
Cantidad de artículos por año
F. de búsqueda 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Economía del litio Google Scholar 90 120 190 290 410 620 930 1400
Scopus 97 137 204 354 488 641 802 979
Taylor&Francis 32 41 53 71 94 122 167 219
IEEE Xplore 8 11 19 26 37 53 72 89
OnePetro 5 8 11 19 26 37 51 63
ScienceDirect 89 124 163 212 284 372 497 638
Tecnología del litio Google Scolar 480 580 720 890 1100 1400 1800 2200
Scopus 380 450 580 720 890 1100 1400 1700
Taylor&Francis 36 42 51 63 78 92 115 132
IEEE Xplore 218 254 302 357 412 489 562 638
OnePetro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ScienceDirect 1210 1390 1630 1920 2280 2690 3130 3580
(Own Source)
Figure 1. Forecast of the increase in published articles on
the lithium economy (Own Source)
Figure 2. Forecast of the increase in published articles related
to lithium technology (own source)