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A study of the production of scientific papers, co-authorships, and R&D-expenditures shows that science is becoming more equally distributed among the OECD-countries. Papers in the journalScience are more unequally distributed than papers inScience Citation Index as a whole or the distribution of R&D-investments. Scientific collaboration, is a major factor affecting the distribution of scientific papers.
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Persson, O., Melin, G. Equalization, growth and integration of science. Scientometrics 37, 153–157 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093491
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02093491