DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004803. Clickstream Data Yields High-Resolution Maps of Science

Clickstream Data Yields High-Resolution Maps of Science

10.1371/journal.pone.0004803

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Bibliography

Bollen, J., Van de Sompel, H., Hagberg, A., Bettencourt, L., Chute, R., Rodriguez, M. A., & Balakireva, L. (2009). Clickstream Data Yields High-Resolution Maps of Science. PLoS ONE, 4(3), e4803.

Authors 7

Johan Bollen (first)
Herbert Van de Sompel (additional)
Aric Hagberg (additional)
Luis Bettencourt (additional)
Ryan Chute (additional)
Marko A. Rodriguez (additional)
Lyudmila Balakireva (additional)

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Created	16 years, 5 months ago (March 10, 2009, 8:23 a.m.)
Deposited	6 years, 3 months ago (May 18, 2019, 7:34 a.m.)
Indexed	2 months ago (July 2, 2025, 4:11 p.m.)
Issued	16 years, 5 months ago (March 11, 2009)
Published	16 years, 5 months ago (March 11, 2009)
Published Online	16 years, 5 months ago (March 11, 2009)

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