Globalization of Stem Cell Science: An Examination of Current and Past Collaborative Research Networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Luo, Jingyuan ^a,b   Matthews, Kirstin R W ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER STEM CELL; CHINA; EASTERN EUROPE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MIDDLE EAST; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOCIETY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHINA; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; STEM CELL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884170501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073598     Document Type: Article

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