Mapping the geography of science: Distribution patterns and networks of relations among cities and institutes

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1622-1634

  Leydesdorff, Loet ^a   Persson, Olle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ELSEVIER; GLOBAL MAP; GOOGLE MAPS; NETWORK VISUALIZATION; REUTERS; SCIENCE CITATION INDEX; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THOMSON; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

HAND TOOLS;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77954890344     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21347     Document Type: Article

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