Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis

Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-73

  Harzing, Anne Will K ^a   van der Wal, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Tarma Software Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; g index; Google Scholar; h index; Journal impact factor; Publish or perish

Indexed keywords

PUBLISHING; TEXTBOOK; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 44849100631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16118014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esep00076     Document Type: Article

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