Earlier web usage statistics as predictors of later citation impact

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1060-1072

  Brody, Tim ^a   Harnad, Stevan ^a   Carr, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CITATION IMPACT; E-PRINT ARCHIVE; WEB USAGE STATISTICS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 33745615152     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20373     Document Type: Article

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