Using ISI's 'highly cited researchers' to obtain a country level indicator of citation excellence

Scientometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-375

  Basu, Aparna ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 33746424750     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0117-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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