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Assessing multidisciplinary areas of science and technology: A synthetic bibliometric study of Dutch nuclear energy research

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This paper presents a selection of results of a comprehensive quantitative, research literature-based study of Dutch energy research. The primary goal of this paper is to provide an overview of what bibliometric data from ISI and non-ISI databases may offer to describe the state of affairs in a scientific field. It illustrates the added value of combining bibliometric indicators of publication output, international visibility, international co-operation, and interdisciplinarity in a study of nuclear energy research in the 1980's when its budget decreased dramatically.

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  1. Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), University of Leiden, Wassenaarseweg 52, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Van Leeuwen, T.N., Tijssen, R.J.W. Assessing multidisciplinary areas of science and technology: A synthetic bibliometric study of Dutch nuclear energy research. Scientometrics 26, 115–133 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016796

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