School of Information Management;
Wuhan University;
Wuhan 430072;
P. R. China;
Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Guangxi;
Nanning 530022;
P. R. China;
Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China;
Beijing 100038;
P. R. China;
School of Information Resource Management;
Renmin University of China;
Beijing 100872;
P. R. China;
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