China's emerging presence in nanoscience and nanotechnology. A comparative bibliometric study of several nanoscience 'giants'

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 880-886

  Guan, Jiancheng ^a   Ma, Nan ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bibliometric study; Citations; Nanoscience and nanotechnology; Publications; Theil's index

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY; INSTITUTIONAL PATTERNS; THEIL'S INDEX;

NANOSCIENCE;

EID: 34250195766     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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