Is grey literature ever used? Using citation analysis to measure the impact of GESAMP, an international Marine scientific advisory body

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-69

  Cordes, Ruth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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