A scale-independent analysis of the performance of the Chinese innovation system

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-331

  Gao, Xia ^a,b   Guan, Jiancheng ^c  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

National innovation system; Performance; Scale independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649111600     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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