The most highly cited Library and Information Science articles: Interdisciplinarity, first authors and citation patterns

Scientometrics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-67

  Levitt, Jonathan M ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57849090089     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-007-1927-1     Document Type: Article

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