Some Remarks on Elitism in Information and the Invisible College Phenomenon in Science.

Price, Derek J. De Solla

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Some Remarks on Elitism in Information and the Invisible College Phenomenon in Science

Price, Derek J. De Solla

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 22, 2, 74-75, Mar-Apr 71

Invisible Colleges are the hierarchical elite resulting from an expectable inequality, and numbering about the square root of the total population of people in the area of research front. (Author/MF)

Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Science, Information Sources, Professional Recognition

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