Co-authorship network analysis in health research: Method and potential use

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  E Fonseca, Bruna de Paula Fonseca ^a,b   Sampaio, Ricardo Barros ^b,c   Fonseca, Marcus Vinicius de Araújo ^a   Zicker, Fabio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CO-AUTHORSHIP NETWORK ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIBLIOMETRICS; COOPERATION; HUMAN; PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENCE; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 85007483009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0104-5     Document Type: Review

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