Impact factor 2.0: Applying social network analysis to scientific impact assessment

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1576-1585

  Hoffmann, Christian Pieter ^a   Lutz, Christoph ^a   Meckel, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; ACADEMIC SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; IMPACT FACTOR; IMPACT INDICATORS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84902262954     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2014.202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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