Can citation analysis of web publications better detect research fronts?

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1285-1302

  Zhao, Dangzhi ^a   Strotmann, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; XML;

AUTHOR CO-CITATION ANALYSES (ACA);

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 34547376566     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20617     Document Type: Article

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