Is China also becoming a giant in social sciences?

Scientometrics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 593-621

  Zhou, Ping ^a,b   Thijs, Bart ^a   Glänzel, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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EID: 70349337895     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-2068-x     Document Type: Article

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