What makes an article influential? Predicting impact in social and personality psychology

Scientometrics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-185

  Haslam, Nick ^a   Ban, Lauren ^a   Kaufmann, Leah ^a   Loughnan, Stephen ^a   Peters, Kim ^a   Whelan, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 45849116216     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1892-8     Document Type: Article

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