International collaboration in science and the formation of a core group

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-325

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Wagner, Caroline S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Co authorship; Science policy; Scientific collaboration; Social network analysis; Social systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549113535     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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