How sustainable a scientifically developing country could be in its specialties? The case of Iran's publications in SCI in the 21st century compared to 1980s

Scientometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 231-243

  Sotudeh, Hajar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Annual growth; Iran; Scientific production; Specialty diversity; Specialty stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857914908     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0542-3     Document Type: Article

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