Does citation reflect social structure? Longitudinal evidence from the "Globenet" interdisciplinary research group

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-126

  White, Howard D ^a   Wellman, Barry ^b   Nazer, Nancy ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BELL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

BIBLIOMETRIC DATA; CITATION; GLOBENET; SOCIOMETRIC DATA;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0347655232     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10369     Document Type: Article

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