Mapping technological trajectories as patent citation networks: A study on the history of fuel cell research

Advances in Complex Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-115

  Verspagen, Bart ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

History of fuel cell research; Patent citations; Technological trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947512800     PISSN: 02195259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219525907000945     Document Type: Article

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