Can epidemic models describe the diffusion of topics across disciplines?

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-82

  Kiss, Istvan Z ^a   Broom, Mark ^a   Craze, Paul G ^a   Rafols, Ismael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic model; Knowledge diffusion; Science map

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249160896     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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