Clusters and maps of science journals based on bi-connected graphs in Journal Citation Reports

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-427

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Journals; Maps; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243085185     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410410548144     Document Type: Article

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