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- Authors
- Tollefson, J.
- Corresponding author
- Tollefson, Jeff
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2018-01-18
- Volume
- 553
- Issue
- 7689
- Pages
- 390-390
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
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- W2784610203
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- 208
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- en
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- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
- Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Keywords
- scientific publications, research output
- MeSH terms
- Authorship, China, Science, United States, Bibliometrics, Technology Transfer, Research Report, Inventions
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