The possibility of a mathematical sociology of scientific communication loet leydesdorff

Journal for General Philosophy of Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-265

  Leydesdoref, Loet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Scientometrics; Self organization; Sociology of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039377791     PISSN: 09254560     EISSN: 15728587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02262616     Document Type: Article

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