Quantifying patterns of research-interest evolution

Nature Human Behaviour

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Jia, Tao ^a   Wang, Dashun ^b,c,d   Szymanski, Boleslaw K ^e,f,g  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

^e RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^g Spo eczna Akademia Nauk   (Poland)

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EID: 85025118544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23973374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0078     Document Type: Article

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