What makes a scientific article influential? The case of demographers

Scientometrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 455-482

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^c  

^a Sci Council for Government Policy   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000444366     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010510831718     Document Type: Article

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