Bemused by bibliometrics: Using citation analysis to evaluate research quality

Library Review

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 346-357

  Joint, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information operations; Performance measures; Quality assessment; Research; United Kingdom; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349091341     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530810875131     Document Type: Review

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