Searching for converging research using field to field citations

Scientometrics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-338

  Buter, Reindert K ^a   Noyons, Ed C M ^a   van Raan, Anthony F J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citations; Convergence; Emergence; Interdisciplinarity; Journal subject categories; Non linear growth; Research focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650983830     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0246-0     Document Type: Article

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