On the epistemic significance of place

  • Authors:
  • Blaise Cronin

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405

  • Venue:
  • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The author describes an exploratory analysis of the influence of place and proximity on collaboration. Bibliometric data and biographical information are combined to reveal the extent to which co-authorship relationships are a function of physical collocation. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.