Current Biology, Vol. 17, No.15, R583-585

[Loet Leydesdorff]

My Word 

The mismeasurement of science 

Peter A. Lawrence
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<mailto:pal at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> E-mail The Corresponding Author 
aDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge
CB2 3EJ, UK, and MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge
CB2 0QH, UK 

Available online 6 August 2007. 





Article Outline

Impact
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citations
Changes
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Who
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and what to do?
References
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Loet Leydesdorff 
Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR)
Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam
Tel.: +31-20- 525 6598; fax: +31-20- 525 3681 
 <mailto:loet at leydesdorff.net> loet at leydesdorff.net ;
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