A two-dimensional approach to evaluate the scientific production of countries (case study: The basic sciences)

Scientometrics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-364

  Nejati, Ammar ^a   Hosseini Jenab, Seyyed Mehdi ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basic science; Quality; Quantity; Scientific production

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953719755     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0103-1     Document Type: Article

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