Abstract
The American Petroleum Institute (API) Research Project 6 has been chosen as a model to study the science organization in petroleum chemistry. The quantitative analysis of scientific publications, references, citations and citation lags elucidates the cooperative nature of Project 6.
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More details about the history of the API research program can be found in: Y. M. RABKIN,Razvitie issledovanii v oblasti khimii uglevodorodov nefti v SShA, Moskva, IIET, 1972, Ch. 3; Y. M. RABKIN, Chemical Research on Petróleum: A Case of Cooperative Research, (a mimeographed paper, Séminaire général, Institut d'histoire et de sociopolitique des sciences, Université de Montréal, 1976); Y. M. RABKIN, On Reciprocal Impact between Content of Science and Science Organisation, (paper presented at the XVth International Congress of the History of Science, Edinburgh, August, 1977).
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Rabkin, Y.M., Lafitte-Houssat, J.J. Cooperative research in petroleum chemistry. Scientometrics 1, 327–338 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019304
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Keywords
- Petroleum
- Quantitative Analysis
- Scientific Publication
- Petroleum Chemistry
- Cooperative Research