Assessing the value of a journal beyond the impact factor

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1148-1161

  Coleman, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT FACTORS; PERCEPTUAL RATINGS; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARIES; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

PUBLISHING;

EID: 34250190987     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20599     Document Type: Review

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