Citation analysis: A comparison of google scholar, scopus, and web of science

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kiduk, Yang ^a   Meho, Lokman I ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847628317     PISSN: 15508390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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