Which scientific elites? On the concentration of research funds, publications and citations

Research Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-53

  Larivière, Vincent ^a   Macaluso, Benoit ^a   Archambault, Éric ^b   Gingras, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Science Metrix   (Canada)

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EID: 77953350138     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/095820210X492495     Document Type: Article

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