Emerald authorship data, Lotka's law and research productivity

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Rowlands, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brand loyalty; Publishing; Research results

Indexed keywords

FILE EDITORS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING;

BRAND LOYALTY; EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED (CO); LOTKA'S LAW;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 28444458037     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530510579039     Document Type: Review

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