Why Sirtes's claims (Sirtes, 2012) do not square with reality

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 615-618

  Radicchi, Filippo ^a   Castellano, Claudio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b ISC CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84864057397     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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