A scientometric assessment of the information loss caused by the delays in publication of Chinese science journals

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-87

  Yu, Guang ^a   Li, Yi Jun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese scientific journal; Information loss; Mathematical model; Publication delay

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHINESE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL; INFORMATION LOSS; PUBLICATION DELAY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 32944467729     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551506059228     Document Type: Article

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