What is bibliometrics and why should you care?

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 108-114

  McBurney, Melissa K ^a   Novak, Pamela L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Impact factor

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; DATA REDUCTION; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BIBLIOMETRICS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036444681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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