Internet practice and professional networks in Chilean science: Dependency or progress?

Scientometrics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 239-263

  Duque, Ricardo B ^a   Shrum, Wesley M ^b   Barriga Jr , Omar ^c   Henríquez, Guillermo ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

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EID: 70350379604     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-2125-0     Document Type: Article

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