A study of the evolution of interdisciplinarity in library and information science: Using three bibliometric methods

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-33

  Chang, Yu Wei ^a   Huang, Mu Hsuan ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC COUPLINGS; COAUTHORSHIP; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 83655202966     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21649     Document Type: Article

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