A global map of science based on the ISI subject categories

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-362

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Rafols, Ismael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL MAPS; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; MAPPING OF SCIENCE; MATRIXES; SCIENCE CITATION INDICES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURES; SCIENTOMETRICS;

INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE;

EID: 60549093855     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20967     Document Type: Article

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