Inter-organizational scientific collaborations and policy effects: an ego-network evolutionary perspective of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientometrics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1383-1415

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Chen, Kaihua ^b,c   Zhu, Guilong ^a   Yam, Richard C M ^d   Guan, Jiancheng ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Academy of Sciences; Collaboration network; Dynamic evolution; Ego network analysis; Government policies; Industry University Research Institute (IUR) scientific collaborations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976299674     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2022-2     Document Type: Article

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