The geography of references in elite articles: Which countries contribute to the archives of knowledge?

• Lutz Bornmann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: bornmann@gv.mpg.de

  Affiliation Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-7091

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• Caroline Wagner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Loet Leydesdorff

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7835-3098

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