Is Italian science declining?

Research Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1380-1392

  Daraio, Cinzia ^a   Moed, Henk F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bibliometric indicators; International collaboration; Italian science; Public research organizations; R D policy

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS; CITATION IMPACT; EU COUNTRIES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERNAL QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; ITALIAN SCIENCE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PUBLIC RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; SOUND SYSTEMS;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 80255141780     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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