The social capital of global ties in science: The added value of international collaboration

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-414

  Melkers, Julia ^a   Kiopa, Agrita ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Mobility; Science; Scientific collaboration; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GLOBALIZATION; MOBILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955045198     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2010.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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