Why has Latour's theory of citations been ignored by the bibliometric community? Discussion of sociological interpretations of citation analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Luukkonen, Terttu ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 0346789314     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02461121     Document Type: Article

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