Rethinking the size of scientific specialties: Correcting Price's estimate

Scientometrics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 471-476

  Wray, K Brad ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Price; Scientific specialty; Size; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952292099     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0060-8     Document Type: Article

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