Visualization of the Nordic academic web: Link analysis using social network tools

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1624-1633

  Ortega, José Luis ^a   Aguillo, Isidro F ^a  

^a Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Co link analysis; Information visualization; Nordic universities; Social network analysis; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TOPOLOGY; WEB SERVICES;

CO-LINK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; NORDIC UNIVERSITIES; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; WEBOMETRICS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 44349190492     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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