Scientific collaboration framework of BRICS countries: an analysis of international coauthorship

Scientometrics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 433-446

  Finardi, Ugo ^a   Buratti, Andrea ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BRICS countries; International scientific collaboration; Network analysis; Probabilistic affinity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961806354     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-1927-0     Document Type: Article

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