Citation patterns in MIS: An analysis of exemplar articles

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 287, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-38

  Larsen, Tor J ^a   Levine, Linda ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Diffusion of research; Exemplar articles; MIS research agenda; Scientometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949148634     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-87503-3_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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