Do second-order similarities provide added-value in a hybrid approach?
ScientometricsPublished 19 November 2012Open access
Bart Thijs, Edgar Schiebel, Wolfgang Glänzel
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There is no added value for the clearly defined clusters but that the second-order similarity can provide an additional viewpoint for the more general clusters.
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