A new bibliometric approach to assess the scientific specialization of regions

Research Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-194

  Abramo, Giovanni ^a   D'Angelo, Ciriaco Andrea ^a,b   Di Costa, Flavia ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

bibliometrics; Italy; Regional innovation systems; scientific specialization index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898873760     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvu005     Document Type: Article

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