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Comments on “indicators of scientific manpower”

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In this examination of the implications of the decline in the demand for scientists, research on two questions is discussed. The first is the effect of age upon scientific creativity and the second is the relationship between the number of scientists and the growth of scientific knowledge.

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Cole, S. Comments on “indicators of scientific manpower”. Scientometrics 2, 405–409 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02095083

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