Journal Impact Factors and Self-Citations: Implications for Psychology Journals

American Psychologist

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-51

  Anseel, Frederik ^a   Duyck, Wouter ^a   De Baene, Wouter ^a   Brysbaert, Marc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH;

EID: 0742286679     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.59.1.49     Document Type: Note

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