The influence of publication delays on the observed aging distribution of scientific literature

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-165

  Egghe, Leo ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^a,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

PUBLICATION DELAYS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 0033876897     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(2000)51:2<158::aid-asi7>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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