Trajectories of science and technology and their co-evolution in BRICS: Insights from publication and patent analysis

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-101

  Wong, Chan Yuan ^a   Wang, Lili ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRICS; Logistic growth; Patents; Publications; Relative science impact index; Science and technology

Indexed keywords

BRICS; LOGISTIC GROWTH; PATENTS; PUBLICATIONS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE IMPACT;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84919340798     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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