Counting the gatekeepers of international science journals a worthwhile science indicator

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1548-1551

  Braun, Tibor ^a,b   Dióspatonyi, Ildikó ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Gatekeepers; Science indicators; Science journals

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644446788     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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