Science Dynamics and Research Production

Part I. Science and Society. Research Organizations and Assessment of Research

1. Science and Society. Assessment of Research
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Part II. Indicators and Indexes for Assessment ofResearch Production

2. Commonly Used Indexes for Assessment of Research Production
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3. Additional Indexes and Indicators forAssessment of Research Production
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Part III. Statistical Laws and Selected Models

4. Frequency and Rank Approaches to Research Production. Classical StatisticalLaws
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5. Selected Models for Dynamics of Research Organizations and Research Production
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6. Concluding Remarks
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Nyckelord: Statistics, Statistical Theory and Methods, Printing and Publishing, R & D/Technology Policy, Nonlinear Dynamics, Methodology of the Social Sciences