The European Union, China, and the United States in the top-1% and top-10% layers of most-frequently cited publications: Competition and collaborations

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 606-617

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Wagner, Caroline S ^b   Bornmann, Lutz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Citation analysis; Europe; Excellence; USA; World share

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

CHINA; CITATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EXCELLENCE; WORLD SHARE;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84901977458     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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