A connectionist and multivariate approach to science maps: The SOM, clustering and MDS applied to library and information science research

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-77

  Moya Anegón, Félix ^a   Herrero Solana, Víctor ^a   Jiménez Contreras, Evaristo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Author co citation analysis (ACA); Domain analysis; Journal co citation analysis (JCA); Library and information science; Multidimensional scaling (MDS); Self organizing map (SOM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LIBRARIES; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

AUTHOR CO-CITATION ANALYSIS (ACA); JOURNAL CO-CITATION ANALYSIS (JCA); MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING (MDS);

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 32944458442     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506059226     Document Type: Article

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