Functional information characteristics of large-scale research collaboration: network measures and implications

Scientometrics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1207-1239

  Ghosh, Jaideep ^a   Kshitij, Avinash ^a,b   Kadyan, Sandeep ^a  

^a National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies India   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Collaboration co authorship research networks; Large scale structure functional information characteristics; Scientometric properties of network measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922073843     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1475-4     Document Type: Article

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