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Citations and consilience in science

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Comments on Theories of Citation? L. LEYDESDORFF,Scientometrics, 43 (1998) No. 1.

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Small, H. Citations and consilience in science. Scientometrics 43, 143–148 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458403

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