China-US scientific collaboration in nanotechnology: patterns and dynamics

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Tang, Li ^a,b   Shapira, Philip ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bibliometric analysis; China US scientific collaboration; Nanotechnology; Science mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953258256     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0376-z     Document Type: Article

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