Patterns of annual citation of highly cited articles and the prediction of their citation ranking: A comparison across subjects

Scientometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-60

  Levitt, Jonathan M ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57449113478     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1946-y     Document Type: Article

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