Geographic characteristics of the growth of informetrics literature 1987-2008

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-601

  Lu, Kun ^a   Wolfram, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Informetrics research; Literature growth; Research collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956482809     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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