Measuring the evolution and output of cross-disciplinary collaborations within the nci physical sciences-oncology centers network

Research Evaluation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 285-297

  Basner, Jodi E ^a   Theisz, Katrina I ^b,c   Jensen, Unni S ^a   Jones, C David ^a   Ponomarev, Ilya ^a   Sulima, Pawel ^a   Jo, Karen ^c   Eljanne, Mariam ^c   Espey, Michael G ^c   Franca Koh, Jonathan ^c   Hanlon, Sean E ^c   Kuhn, Nastaran Z ^c   Nagahara, Larry A ^c   Schnell, Joshua D ^a   Moore, Nicole M ^c  

^a THOMSON REUTERS   (United Kingdom)

^b Kelly Government Solutions   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84887879789     PISSN: 09582029     EISSN: 14715449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reseval/rvt025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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