Thought leadership: A new indicator for national and institutional comparison

Scientometrics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-250

  Klavans, Richard ^a   Boyack, Kevin W ^a,b  

^a SciTech Strategies Inc   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 42449097104     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1854-1     Document Type: Article

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