Who connects with whom? A social network analysis of an online open source software community

First Monday

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Shen, Cuihua ^a   Monge, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80052149949     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v16i6.3551     Document Type: Article

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