Benchmarking scientific output in the social sciences and humanities: The limits of existing databases

Scientometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-342

  Archambault, Éric ^a,b   Vignola Gagné, Étienne ^a   Côté, Grégoire ^a   Larivière, Vincent ^b   Gingrasb, Yves ^b  

^a Science Metrix   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 33746468057     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0115-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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