In matters of quantitative studies of science the fault of theorists is offering too little and asking too much

Scientometrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-139

  Van Raan, A F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000904067     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02458401     Document Type: Article

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