Data sources for performing citation analysis: An overview

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-210

  Neuhaus, Christoph ^a   Daniel, Hans Dieter ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Information; Internet; Online database; Publications; Reference services

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549139170     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410810858010     Document Type: Article

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