Do scientific advancements lean on the shoulders of giants? A bibliometric investigation of the Ortega hypothesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Bornmann, Lutz ^a   De Moya Anegón, Félix ^b   Leydesdorff, Loet ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICINE; CITATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SCIENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL SCIENCE; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIOLOGY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR;

BIBLIOMETRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR;

EID: 78149450645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013327     Document Type: Article

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