Scientific collaboration and team science: a social network analysis of the centers for population health and health disparities

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-23

  Okamoto, Janet ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration networks; Health disparities; Network analysis; Research collaboration; Scientific collaboration

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; CLOSENESS CENTRALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; INVESTIGATOR; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84924045897     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-014-0280-1     Document Type: Article

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