The Distribution of World Science

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 501-516

  Davidson Frame, J ^a   Narin, Francis ^a   Carpenter, Mark P ^a  

^a Horizon Computers   (United States)

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EID: 84976933769     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030631277700700414     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Francis Narin, ‘Evaluative Bibliometrics: The Use of Publication and Citation Analysis in the Evaluation of Scientific Activity’, NSF Contract No. C-627 (Cherry Hill, NJ Computer Horizons, Inc., 1976).
2. While the specific figure for the dimensions of European rooted science may be surprising, we should not be surprised at the central position occupied by European science, since it was in Europe that modern science was born and nurtured. The seminal role of European science is discussed in George Basalla's ‘The Spread of Western Science’, Science, Vol. 156 (5 May 1967), 611 ff.
3. More accurately, we attempt to follow Thurstone's rotational criteria, one of which is the achievement of a high loading for each variable on a single component. See Harry H. Harman, Modern Factor Analysis (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1967), 97 ff.