BRICS countries and scientific excellence: A bibliometric analysis of most frequently cited papers

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1507-1513

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CITED PAPERS; CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; COLLABORATION ACTIVITIES; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

PAPER;

EID: 84946217463     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23333     Document Type: Article

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