The diffusion of theories: A functional approach

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-341

  Van Der Veer Martens, Betsy ^a   Goodrum, Abby A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITIES; THEORY FUNCTIONS MODEL;

FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 33644499499     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20285     Document Type: Article

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