Methods for identifying emerging General Purpose Technologies: A case study of nanotechnologies

Scientometrics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-170

  Schultz, Laura I ^a   Joutz, Frederick L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; General purpose nanotechnology; Nanotechnologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955841500     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0244-2     Document Type: Article

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