Predicting scientific success based on coauthorship networks

EPJ Data Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Sarigöl, Emre ^a   Pfitzner, René ^a   Scholtes, Ingo ^a   Garas, Antonios ^a   Schweitzer, Frank ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORKS; DATA SET; HIGH-PRECISION; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES; SCIENTOMETRICS; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84933519374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjds/s13688-014-0009-x     Document Type: Article

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