A review of recent foresight exercises reveals some important drivers of research in Europe. In this editorial, we … introduce five main areas where science and technology will be required to deliver tangible gains for society and the economy in … the coming years. It is no longer enough for research agendas to be dictated by the supply of expertise from the science …

Summary The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate corporate debt ratios by size classes in Continental Europe …

Summary We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model … structure than that of Europe. We argue that this relates to different types of institutional arrangements with effects on the …

mujeres que ocupan puestos de dirección en Europa y el efecto de ciertos factores laborales. Diseño/metodología/enfoque Se …

Abstract The term “civilization,” articulated in eighteenth century Europe, has been widely used in many languages from … civilization through science, ideology, and schooling. Scientific exploration of civilization was an implementation of emerging … studies in social science. Ideological statement of social priorities appropriated civilization, especially in the era of …

, based on data from the Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD). In 1998 42% of this databaseÒs source journals did not …

A bibliometric profile of four information science journals is developed. Data on acknowledgements to funding sources …

of all scientific journals processed for the Science Citation Index (SCI) during 1981‐1995. A new classification system …,098 journals covered by the Science Citation Index. Following an earlier suggestion by Glnzel and Schoepflin, a maturing and a …