Understanding the assembly of interdisciplinary teams and its impact on performance

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-70

  Lungeanu, Alina ^a   Huang, Yun ^a   Contractor, Noshir S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation network; Co authorship network; Grant decision making; Interdisciplinary collaboration; Social network analysis; Team assembly

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CITATION NETWORKS; CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; GRANT DECISION-MAKING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TEAMS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 84888068616     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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