Networks of reader and country status: An analysis of Mendeley reader statistics

PeerJ Computer Science

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Haunschild, Robin ^a   Bornmann, Lutz ^b   Leydesdorff, Loet ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altmetrics; Bibliometrics; Mendeley; Network; Pajek; VOSviewer

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

ALTMETRICS; BIBLIOMETRICS; MENDELEY; PAJEK; VOSVIEWER;

PAPER;

EID: 85020873681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23765992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.32     Document Type: Article

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