The Rasch model. Measuring the impact of scientific journals: Analytical chemistry

Journal of the American Society for Information Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 458-467

  Alvarez, Pedro ^a   Pulgarín, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; BIBLIOMETRICS; IMPACT FACTOR; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; JOURNAL RANKING; RASCH MODEL; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0030167751     PISSN: 00028231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199606)47:6<458::AID-ASI6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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