“They can't read, but they sure can count”: Flawed rules of the journal rankings game

Online Information Review

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 705-708

  Gorman, G E ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Product positioning; Serials; Social status

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; JOURNAL RANKINGS; PRODUCT POSITIONING; SERIALS; SOCIAL STATUS;

PAPER;

EID: 57049189575     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684520810923872     Document Type: Article

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