The ripple effect: Citation chain reactions of a nobel prize

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-447

  Frandsen, Tove Faber ^a   Nicolaisen, Jeppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bibliometrics

Indexed keywords

BANDWAGON EFFECT; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHAIN REACTION; CITATION NETWORKS; INNOVATION-DECISION PROCESS; NOBEL PRIZES; POINT OF DEPARTURES; RIPPLE EFFECTS; SPILLOVER EFFECTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84874262783     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22785     Document Type: Article

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