Tracing thought through time and space: A selective review of bibliometrics in social work

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 1-34

  Holden, Gary ^a   Rosenberg, Gary ^b   Barker, Kathleen ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Informetrics; Scientometrics; Social work education; Sociology of science

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; DECISION MAKING; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; THEORY;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30044432944     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v41n03_01     Document Type: Review

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