Analysing published global Ebola Virus Disease research using social network analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Hagel, Christiane ^a   Weidemann, Felix ^b   Gauch, Stephan ^c   Edwards, Suzanne ^d   Tinnemann, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c European University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AFRICA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WRITING;

AFRICA; AUTHORSHIP; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033395251     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005747     Document Type: Article

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