Influences of counting methods on country rankings: A perspective from patent analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2087-2102

  Zheng, Jia ^a   Zhao, Zhiyun ^a   Zhang, Xu ^a   Huang, Mu hsuan ^b   Chen, Dar zen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Counting methods; Country rankings; Inflation; Patent

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897572993     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1139-9     Document Type: Article

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