Cumulative change in scientific production: Research technologies and the structuring of new knowledge

Perspectives on Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-85

  Spear, Joseph H ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38349092212     PISSN: 10636145     EISSN: 15309274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106361404773843346     Document Type: Article

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