A concise review on the role of author self-citations in information science, bibliometrics and science policy

Scientometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-277

  Glänzel, Wolfgang ^a,b   Debackere, Koenraad ^a   Thijs, Bart ^a   Schubert, András ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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EID: 33746189622     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0098-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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