Mapping diversity of publication patterns in the social sciences and humanities: An approach making use of fuzzy cluster analysis

Journal of Data and Information Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 33-59

  Verleysen, Frederik T ^a   Weeren, Arie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Mathworks   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Cluster analysis; Dissemination; Publication patterns; Social sciences and humanities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055993767     PISSN: 2096157X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20309/jdis.201624     Document Type: Review

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