Clustering by publication patterns of senior authors in the social sciences and humanities

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 254-272

  Verleysen, Frederik T ^a   Weeren, Arie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Cluster analysis; Humanities; Publication practices; Senior authors; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ALGORITHMIC CLUSTERING; BIBLIOMETRICS; DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES; FLANDERS; HUMANITIES; PUBLICATION PRACTICES; RESEARCH EVALUATION; SENIOR AUTHORS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 84956611277     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: 18755879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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