Network structure, self-organization, and the growth of international collaboration in science

Research Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1608-1618

  Wagner, Caroline S ^a   Leydesdorff, Loet ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Preferential attachment; Science policy; Scientific collaboration; Social network analysis; Social systems

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

PREFERENTIAL ATTACHMENT; SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 28044465756     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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