The impact of publications from mainland China on the trends in alphabetical authorship

Scientometrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 865-879

  Liu, Xuan Zhen ^a   Fang, Hui ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alphabetical authorship; Collaboration; Mainland China; World share of publications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900499671     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-013-1219-x     Document Type: Article

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