Toward a consensus map of science

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-476

  Klavans, Richard ^a   Boyack, Kevin W ^a  

^a SciTech Strategies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RESEARCHES; CONSENSUS MAPS; HEALTH SERVICES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CONFORMAL MAPPING;

EID: 62549121651     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20991     Document Type: Article

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