Origins of measures of journal impact: Historical contingencies and their consequences on current use

Proceedings of ISSI 2007 - 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 45-51

  Archambault, Éric ^a,b   Larivière, Vincent ^b,c  

^a Science Metrix   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingencies; History; Journal impact factor

Indexed keywords

HISTORY;

CONTINGENCIES; HISTORICAL CONTINGENCIES; IMPACT FACTOR; INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC INFORMATIONS; JOURNAL EDITORS; ON CURRENTS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 54249113280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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