Toward alternative metrics of journal impact: A comparison of download and citation data

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1419-1440

  Bollen, Johan ^a,b   Van De Sompel, Herbert ^b   Smith, Joan A ^a   Luce, Rick ^b  

^a ECS Building   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Impact metrics; Journal impact ranking; Social network analysis; Usage analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

IMPACT METRICS; JOURNAL IMPACT RANKING; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; USAGE ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 22944479921     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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