Communities, knowledge creation, and information diffusion

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-190

  Lambiotte, R ^a   Panzarasa, P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Communities; Information diffusion; Scientific creativity; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349133593     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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