Characteristics of research in China assessed with Essential Science Indicators

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 841-862

  Fu, Hui Zhen ^a   Chuang, Kun Yang ^b   Wang, Ming Huang ^a   Ho, Yuh Shan ^a,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; China; Essential science indicator; Highly cited papers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051473207     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0416-8     Document Type: Article

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