Technology convergence: What developmental stage are we in?

Scientometrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 841-871

  Jeong, Seongkyoon ^a   Kim, Jong Chan ^b   Choi, Jae Young ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Converging technology; Interdisciplinary; Technological convergence; Technology fusion mixture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938738816     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1606-6     Document Type: Article

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