Patterns of national and international Web inlinks to US academic departments: An analysis of disciplinary variations

Scientometrics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-485

  Tang, Rong ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3142675924     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SCIE.0000034388.70594.cc     Document Type: Conference Paper

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