A socio-technical perspective on e-government issues in developing countries: A scientometrics approach

Scientometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-286

  Khan, Gohar Feroz ^a   Moon, Junghoon ^b   Park, Han Woo ^a   Swar, Bobby ^c   Rho, Jae Jeung ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Core e government journals; Developing countries; E government issues topics; E government research; Scientometrics approach; Shape of e government literature; Socio technical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953279507     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0322-5     Document Type: Review

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