Visualizing the knowledge domain of sustainable development research between 1987 and 2015: a bibliometric analysis

Scientometrics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 893-914

  Zhu, Jie ^a   Hua, Weijian ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; CiteSpace; Knowledge structures; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000786130     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: 15882861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-016-2187-8     Document Type: Article

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