How influential is Brooks' Law? A longitudinal citation context analysis of Frederick Brooks' the Mythical Man-Month

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-295

  McCain, Katherine W ^a   Salvucci, Laura J ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Citation context analysis; Concept symbols; Diffusion of ideas; Longitudinal citation analysis; Scholarly communication; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CITATION ANALYSIS; CITATION CONTEXT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT SYMBOLS; DIFFUSION OF IDEAS; LONGITUDINAL CITATION ANALYSIS; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS;

INFORMATION SERVICES;

EID: 33745018636     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506064397     Document Type: Article

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