Seed journal citation network maps: A method based on network theory

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1226-1234

  Calero Medina, C M ^a   Van Leeuwen, T N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

citation analysis; network analysis

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; CITATION NETWORKS; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FIELD BOUNDARIES; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; NETWORK MAPS; REUTERS; SCIENCE POLICIES; SIMPLE NETWORKS; THOMSON; WEB OF SCIENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

EID: 84861338418     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22631     Document Type: Review

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