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Policy and the mapping of scientific change: a co-word analysis of research into environmental acidification

Recent developments in the co-word method of analyzing the scientific literature are described, & illustrated using the example of research on the environmental effects of acid rain. Co-word analysis of 377 papers published between 1979 & 1986 detects several prominent themes; their relation...

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Published in:Scientometrics 1988-09, Vol.14 (3-4), p.251-264
Main Authors: LAW, J, BAUIN, S, COURTIAL, J.-P, WHITTAKER, J
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Air Pollution
Bibliometrics
Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation
Content analysis
Environmental Protection
Exact sciences and technology
General aspects
Information and communication sciences
Information and document structure and analysis
Information processing and retrieval
Information science. Documentation
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Pollution
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Toxic Substances
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