Structural indicators in citation networks

Scientometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 451-460

  Hu, Xiaojun ^a   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c,d   Chen, Jin ^e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Algebraic relations; Citation generations; Ego citation network; Graph theoretic analysis; Outgrow index; Structural indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859435406     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0587-3     Document Type: Article

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