Reflections on the activity index and related indicators

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-421

  Rousseau, Ronald ^a,b,c   Yang, Liying ^d  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Activity index; Relative indicators; Revealed comparative advantage index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860539517     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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