Scholars on soap boxes: Science communication and dissemination in TED videos

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-674

  Sugimoto, Cassidy R ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART AND DESIGNS; BIBLIOMETRIC; BOOKMARKING; NEW MEDIA; ONLINE VIDEO; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS; YOUTUBE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84876670464     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22764     Document Type: Article

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