Implementation Science

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The intellectual structure and substance of the knowledge utilization field: A longitudinal author co-citation analysis, 1945 to 2004

Carole A Estabrooks1*, Linda Derksen2, Connie Winther3, John N Lavis4, Shannon D Scott5, Lars Wallin6 and Joanne Profetto-McGrath7

Author Affiliations

1 Faculty of Nursing, Third Floor Clinical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

2 Department of Sociology, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

3 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

4 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Political Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

5 Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

6 Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Nursing, Karolinska Institute and Clinical Research Utilization (CRU), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

7 Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Implementation Science 2008, 3:49 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-3-49

Published: 13 November 2008

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Search strategy. A complete search strategy used in the Web of Science to obtain bibliographic data for this bibliometric study

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Detailed methods. A more detailed description of the bibliographic/ACA methods used in this study

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Detailed findings. A more detailed description of the bibliographic and longitudinal ACA findings of this bibliometric study

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