Citation levels and collaboration within library and information science

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 434-442

  Levitt, Jonathan M ^a   Thelwall, Mik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH;

CITATION ANALYSIS; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCHES; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARY SCIENCE; RESEARCH POLICIES; WEB OF SCIENCE;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 62549089738     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21000     Document Type: Article

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