Obstacles and opportunities in the application of network analysis to the evaluation of R&D

Research Evaluation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-172

  Rogers, Juan D ^a   Bozeman, Barry ^a   Chompalov, Ivan ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0346347954     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154401781777033     Document Type: Article

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