Examining the small world phenomenon in the patent citation network: A case study of the radio frequency identification (RFID) network

Scientometrics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-134

  Hung, Shiu Wan ^a   Wang, An Pang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Betweenness centrality; Patent citation; Radio frequency identification; Small world network

Indexed keywords

EID: 75549090442     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-009-0032-z     Document Type: Article

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