Bibliometric laws: Empirical flaws of fit

Scientometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-229

  Bailon Moreno R ^a   Jurado Alameda, E ^a   Ruiz Banos R ^b   Courtial, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

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EID: 33645360871     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-005-0211-5     Document Type: Article

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