Quantifying the ease of scientific discovery

Scientometrics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Arbesman, Samuel ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficulty; Discovery; Ease; Elements; Mammals; Minor planets; Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650997228     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0232-6     Document Type: Article

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