Exploring the relationship between the engineering and physical sciences and the health and life sciences by advanced bibliometric methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Waltman, Ludo ^a   Van Raan, Anthony F J ^a   Smart, Sue ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; CELL ENGINEERING; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTISTRY; DERMATOLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SCIENCE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL SCIENCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; ONCOLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH; NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84909998988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111530     Document Type: Article

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