Cohesive subgroups in the international collaboration network in astronomy and astrophysics

Scientometrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1587-1607

  Chang, Han Wen ^a   Huang, Mu Hsuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Co authorship network; Cohesive subgroups; Collaborative relationship; International collaboration; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939871797     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-014-1312-9     Document Type: Article

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