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Some science indicators can be found inSocial Indicators 1976 as well asScience Indicators-1976, but the coverage of science is limited. Neither volume contains data on cognitive aspects of science and technology or on their social consequences. The authors make suggestions for then-and-there assessments of cognitive advance in science and for prospective and retrospective checks on the validity of these assessments.
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Zuckerman, H., Miller, R.B. Indicators of science: Notes and queries. Scientometrics 2, 347–353 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02095077
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