Going beyond journal classification for evaluation of research outputs: A case study of global astronomy and astrophysics research

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 232-246

  Basu, Aparna ^a   Lewison, Grant ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Authorship; India; Information retrieval

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY RESEARCH; AUTHORSHIP; INDIAN ASTRONOMY OUTPUT; RESEARCH OUTPUTS;

ASTROPHYSICS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; EVALUATION; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

EID: 33749490480     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530510599190     Document Type: Article

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