Performance and its relation with productivity in Lotkaian systems

Scientometrics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 567-585

  Egghe, Leo ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 77956615373     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2226-1     Document Type: Article

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