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The measurement of scientific activity: Research directions in linking philosophy of science and metrics of science and technology outputs

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Correlation between diabetes-related publication output and diabetes prevalence was sought and found in a sample of world countries and in the states of the US. Various correlation patterns (“demand driven research', “research driven prevention', no correlation) were distinguished and interpreted.

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  1. Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, 565 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661, USA

    Eliezer Geisler

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Geisler, E. The measurement of scientific activity: Research directions in linking philosophy of science and metrics of science and technology outputs. Scientometrics 62, 269–284 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-005-0020-x

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