A new approach to analyzing patterns of collaboration in co-authorship networks: Mesoscopic analysis and interpretation

Scientometrics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-242

  Velden, Theresa ^a   Haque, Asif ul ^a   Lagoze, Carl ^a  

^a Department of Computer Science and School of Operations Research and Information Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Co author networks; Network analysis; Scientific communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955846387     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0224-6     Document Type: Article

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