Conglomerates as a general framework for informetric research

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1360-1368

  Rousseau, Ronald ^a,b  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Collaboration; Demography; Diffusion; Elections; Impact factors; Informetric studies; Inlinks; Power laws; Social networks; Writers

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SET THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CITATION ANALYSIS; COLLABORATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIONS; IMPACT FACTORS; INFORMETRIC STUDIES; INLINKS; POWER LAWS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; WRITERS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 22944433171     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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