A network-based approach to coauthorship credit allocation

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 587-602

  Kim, Jinseok ^a   Diesner, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship credit; Bibliometrics; Coauthor networks; Coauthor order

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894240542     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1253-3     Document Type: Article

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