Social network analysis: A powerful strategy, also for the information sciences

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-453

  Otte, Evelien ^a   Rousseau, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SOCIAL INTERACTION NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0036944132     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555150202800601     Document Type: Article

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