Are there global shifts in the world science base? Analysing the catching up and falling behind of world regions

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1897-1924

  Radosevic, Slavo ^a   Yoruk, Esin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity in science base; Bibliometrics; Dynamic scientific specialization; Revealed comparative advantage; Static scientific specialization; World regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939886409     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1344-1     Document Type: Article

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