Analysis of the scientific collaboration patterns in the emergy accounting field: A review of the co-authorship network structure

Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 01-13

  Liu, Gengyuan ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Ulgiati, Sergio ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaboration patterns; Emergy; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015403541     PISSN: 23256192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5890/JEAM.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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