Professional diversity and the productivity of cities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bettencourt, Luís M A ^a   Samaniego, Horacio ^b,c   Youn, Hyejin ^a,d,e  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903121527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05393     Document Type: Article

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