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International Journal of Global Social Work Volume 4 (2021), Article ID 4:IJGSW-118, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/ijgsw/2021/118
Research Article
Mapping Discourses in Social Work Research-A Topic Modeling Approach

Markus Eckl1,*, Christian Ghanem2 and Florian Spensberger3

1Department of Digital Humanities, University of Passau, Hans-Kapfinger-Straße 14 d, 94036 Passau, Germany
2Faculty for Social Sciences, Nuremberg Institute of Technology, Keßlerplatz 12, 90489 Nuremberg, Germany
3German Youth Institute, Nockherstraße 2, 81541 München, Germany
Prof. Markus Eckl, Department of Digital Humanities, University of Passau, Hans-Kapfinger-Straße 14 d, 94036 Passau, Germany; E-mail: markus.eckl@uni-passau.de
05 July 2021; 07 July 2021; 09 July 2021
Eckl M, Ghanem C, Spensberger F (2021) Mapping Discourses in Social Work Research-A Topic Modeling Approach. Int J Global Soc Work 4: 118. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/ijgsw/2021/118

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