The geography of references in elite articles: Which countries contribute to the archives of knowledge?
This study asks the question on which national "shoulders" the world's top-level research stands. Traditionally, the number of citations to national papers has been the evaluative measures of national scientific standings. We raise a different question: instead of analyzing the citati...
Main Authors: | Lutz Bornmann, Caroline Wagner, Loet Leydesdorff |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5868817?pdf=render |
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