Characterizing interdisciplinarity of researchers and research topics using web search engines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sayama, Hiroki ^a   Akaishi, Jin ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUMAMOTO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; VISIBILITY BOOST;

INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET;

EID: 84862235368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038747     Document Type: Article

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