Differences in impact factor across fields and over time

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-34

  Althouse, Benjamin M ^a   West, Jevin D ^a   Bergstrom, Carl T ^a   Bergstrom, Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT FACTOR (IF); LEADING INDICATORS; REFERENCE LISTS; RESEARCH FUNDING; THOMSON (CO);

GROWTH (MATERIALS);

EID: 58449127328     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20936     Document Type: Article

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