Observations concerning the two- and three-year synchronous impact factor, based on the Chinese science citation database

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-357

  Rousseau, Ronald ^a,b   Jin, Bihui ^c   Yang, Ninghui ^c   Liu, Xiaomin ^c  

^a Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c DICCAS   (China)

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EID: 0035531226     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007086     Document Type: Article

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