Historical rankings of science and technology: A citationist perspective

Journal of the Association for History and Computing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Westney, Lynn C Hattendorf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; HISTORIOGRAPHERS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; WORLD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTERS; DEFECTS; HISTORY; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEBSITES;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4043154174     PISSN: 19375905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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