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Lone Geniuses or One among Many? An Explorative Study of Contemporary Highly Cited Researchers Cover

Lone Geniuses or One among Many? An Explorative Study of Contemporary Highly Cited Researchers

By: Dag W. Aksnes and  Kaare Aagaard  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2021-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 41 - 66
Submitted on: Dec 11, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 19, 2021
Published on: Mar 8, 2021
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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