The immediacy index and the journal impact factor: Two highly correlated derived measures

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-48

  Yue, Weiping ^a   Wilson, Concepción S ^a   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^c IBW ^*  (Belgium)

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