Core-periphery structures in national higher education systems. A cross-country analysis using interlinking data

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 622-634

  Lepori, Benedetto ^a   Barberio, Vitaliano ^b   Seeber, Marco ^a   Aguillo, Isidro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Core periphery networks; Geography; Higher education institutions; Network centrality; Weblinks

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; WEBLINKS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84877133467     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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