The emergence of China as a leading nation in science

Research Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-104

  Zhou, Ping ^a,b   Leydesdorff, Loet ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citations; Highly cited papers; Nanotechnology; Publications; World share

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CITATIONS; PUBLICATIONS; WORLD SHARE;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 31944449276     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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