Webometrics

Annual Review of Information Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2005, Pages 81-135

  Thelwall, Mike ^a   Vaughan, Liwen ^b   Björneborn, Lennart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROYAL SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Denmark)

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EID: 10144237862     PISSN: 00664200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/aris.1440390110     Document Type: Review

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