The importance of national and international collaboration in adult congenital heart disease: A network analysis of research output

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-162

  Orwat, Melanie Iris ^a   Kempny, Aleksander ^b,c   Bauer, Ulrike ^d   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^b,c   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a   Diller, Gerhard Paul ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d National Register for Congenital Heart Defects ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Bibliometric analysis; Network analysis; Research output

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL COLLABORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH OUTPUT; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORKFLOW; ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84937433083     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.116     Document Type: Article

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