Design and update of a classification system: The ucsd map of science

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Börner, Katy ^a,b   Klavans, Richard ^c   Patek, Michael ^c   Zoss, Angela M ^a   Biberstine, Joseph R ^a   Light, Robert P ^a   Larivière, Vincent ^a,d,e   Boyack, Kevin W ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c SciTech Strategies Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROCESS DESIGN; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SCOPUS;

EID: 84863750397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039464     Document Type: Article

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