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The decline of Swedish neuroscience: Decomposing a bibliometric national science indicator

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Recent studies have reported on a steady decline of Sweden's relative citation impact in almost all science fields, above all in the life sciences. The authors attempt to shed light on the observed decline in Swedish neuroscience through a detailed citation analysis at different level of aggregations. Thus national citation data are decomposed to the institutional, departmental and individual level. Both, the decomposition of national science indicators and changing collaboration patterns in Swedish neuroscience reveal interesting details on the 'anatomy' of a decline.

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  1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Statistieken Dekenstraat 2, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Wolfgang Glänzel

  2. Inforsk, Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Umea (, Sweden

    Rickard Danell & Olle Persson

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Glänzel, W., Danell, R. & Persson, O. The decline of Swedish neuroscience: Decomposing a bibliometric national science indicator. Scientometrics 57, 197–213 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024185601555

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