Is the United States losing ground in science? A global perspective on the world science system

Scientometrics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-36

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Wagner, Caroline ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57849088687     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-1830-4     Document Type: Article

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