Interdisciplinarity patterns of highly-cited papers: A cross-disciplinary analysis

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Shiji ^a   Arsenault, Clément ^b   Gingras, Yves ^b   Larivière, Vincent ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Interdisciplinarity; Research; Scholarly communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961933654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2014.14505101108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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