Dataset to be used with the R code available at https://github.com/CNR-IRSA-MEG/metaR/tree/master/lib/limnology for the manuscript Fontaneto D., Martínez A., Mammola S., Marchetto A., 2021. The use of the term ‘limnology’ and its scientometrics consequences for limnologists, Journal of Limnology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2021.2042