Visualization of scientific co-authorship in Spanish universities: From regionalization to internationalization

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-100

  Olmeda Gómez, Carlos ^a   Perianes Rodriguez, Antonio ^a   Ovalle Perandones, M Antonia ^a   Guerrero Bote, Vicente P ^b   De Moya Aneǵn, Felix ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c Institute of Public Goods and Policies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Authorship; Research; Social networks; Spain; Universities

Indexed keywords

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; COAUTHORSHIP; COLLABORATION NETWORK; COLLABORATION PATTERNS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; LATIN AMERICANS; PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS; SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES; SOCIAL NETWORK VISUALIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SPAIN; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SUBNETWORKS; UNIVERSITIES; UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; WEB OF SCIENCE;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; VISUALIZATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 66749092992     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530910932302     Document Type: Article

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