Knowledge diffusion through publications and citations: A case study using eSI-fields as unit of diffusion

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-351

  Liu, Yuxian ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c,d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION; SCIENCE INDICATORS; SHANGHAI , CHINA; TONGJI UNIVERSITY;

PUBLISHING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 76649090348     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21248     Document Type: Article

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