Research specialization and collaboration patterns in sociology

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-440

  Leahey, Erin ^a   Reikowsky, Ryan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coauthorship; Collaboration; Research teams; Social science specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949123829     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312707086190     Document Type: Article

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