A practical line in bibliometrics

Interlending and Document Supply

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-94

  Meadows, Jack ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information science; Obsolescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844440004     PISSN: 02641615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02641610510602628     Document Type: Review

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