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A three-dimensional bibliometric evaluation of research in polymer solar cells

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The science of polymer solar cells and the technology based on it is now pursued as a very exciting and promising area of research at leading universities, national laboratories, and companies throughout the world. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive and in-depth bibliometric analysis of this area that breaks down scholarly performance into three components—quantity, quality and consistency. The citation data is retrieved from the Web of Science. We identify the most productive organisations, countries, authors and also the most influential journals in which this newly emerging area is published using these criteria.

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Prathap, G. A three-dimensional bibliometric evaluation of research in polymer solar cells. Scientometrics 101, 889–898 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1346-z

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