Do impact factors change with a change of medium? A comparison of Impact Factors when publication is by paper and through parallel publishing

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-533

  Shin, Eun Ja ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Combination products; Electronic journals; Impact factors; Printed journals; Scholarly publications

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; MEDICINE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CITATION RATE; ELECTRONIC JOURNALS; IMPACT FACTORS; PRINTED JOURNALS; PSYCHOLOGY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346396349     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551503296009     Document Type: Article

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