Scientific authorships and collaboration network analysis on Chagas disease: Papers indexed in Pubmed (1940-2009);Redes de colaboración y autorías científicas sobre la enfermedad de Chagas: Análisis de las publicaciones indexadas en PubMed (1940-2009)

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 219-228

  González Alcaide, Gregorio ^a   Park, Jinseo ^b   Huamaní, Charles ^c   Gascón, Joaquín ^d   Ramos, José Manuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Chagas disease; Cooperative behavior; Network analysis; Research areas; Research groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDLINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEDLINE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84865035087     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000400007     Document Type: Article

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