Finding knowledge paths among scientific disciplines

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2331-2347

  Yan, Erjia ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

informetrics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMETRICS; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; JOURNAL CITATION REPORTS; KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 84930822861     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23106     Document Type: Article

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