On the behavior of journal impact factor rank-order distribution

Journal of Informetrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Mansilla, R ^a   Koppen E ^a   Cocho, G ^a   Miramontes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Impact factors; Lotkaian Informetrics; Power laws; Zipf's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247538040     PISSN: 17511577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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