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Tracking direct and indirect impact on technology and policy of transformative research via ego citation network

By: Xian Li and  Xiaojun Hu  
Open Access
|Jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2024-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 87
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2024
Accepted on: Jun 14, 2024
Published on: Jul 17, 2024
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
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