Correcting glasses help fair comparisons in international science landscape: Country indicators as a function of ISI database delineation

Scientometrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-282

  Zitt, Michel ^a   Ramanana Rahary, Suzy ^a   Bassecoulard, Elise ^a  

^a Observatoire des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

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EID: 4243057665     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021923329277     Document Type: Article

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