The d-index: Discovering dependences among scientific collaborators from their bibliographic data records

Scientometrics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 583-607

  Di Caro, Luigi ^a   Cataldi, Mario ^a   Schifanella, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaboration analysis; Data visualization; Evaluation metrics; Research evaluation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866014124     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0762-1     Document Type: Article

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