Measuring the semantic integrity of scientific fields: a method and a study of sociology, economics and biophysics

Scientometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-177

  Varga, Attila V ^a,b  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Citation analysis; Integration; Meaning; Network analysis; Paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958772783     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0342-9     Document Type: Article

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