Citers' use of citees' names: Findings from a qualitative interview-based study

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1007-1011

  Harwood, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CITATION BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEW; STYLISTIC ELEGANCE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 42249112843     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20789     Document Type: Article

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